Anyone checking out the promotional materials for ‘A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swann III’, which heavily feature Bill Murray in chaps, Jason Schwartzmann with a ludicrous ‘fro and Charlie Sheen in aviator shades, could be forgiven for thinking that Wes Anderson has another movie out, mere months after ‘Moonrise Kingdom’. And while the film does seem to be cut from similar, achingly well-patterned cloth, this is in fact the brainchild of former Anderson collaborator and son-of-Francis, Roman Coppola.
It’s the writer-director’s first feature since his poorly received debut, the oddball ’60s-set spy spoof ‘CQ’, and follows Sheen’s large-living ladies’ man as he begins to suffer fever dreams in the wake of a traumatic breakup. The film seems to be playing at least in part on Sheen’s public notoriety, but whether he’ll get the opportunity to bang on about warlocks and tiger blood remains to be seen. Here’s hoping.
