D The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com Thursday, October 18, 2007 Wes'S way in the world WHAT CAME BEFORE B "Hotel Chevalier," the Web pro- Even logue to "The Darjeeling Limited," is reread h Wes Anderson's second venture into anicpat shortfilm. Hisfirst, the1994 version no see th of "Bottle Rocket," exhibited what offend in would become Andersontrademark Wes Andn -symmetry in composition, a sense brohers oftcasual disconnect - in its light- brthan hearted portrayal oftthe insecurities Theor and discontentment of suburban life. row o TI In "Hotel Chevalier"a man (ason fifth dire Schwartman receives an unepect- becomea ed guest, a woman who is presumably circles his ex-girlfriend (Natalie Portman). aurclentI Set in a Paris hotel room, there's a atetin certain aspect oftthe charactersothat creates i is painfully authentic and contrived, own. A y an area over which Anderson had was notg once displayed absolute control. The get awaoy spot-on mise en scene and ensnar- many Sat ingsoundtrack - most oftthefilm is Anders paced to Peter Sarstedt's "Where Do Jason You Go To (My Lovely)" - are key to screenpa the sublime short's construction, their own - Noah Dean Stahl first MUSEUM RENOVATIONS Making room for history Clearing a little space for a 100,000-plus piece collection By BRENT PANTALEO For theDaily The floorboards creak, the olive walls are worn and there's a radiator in every room. The building has been around 116 years, and there are plenty signs of aging in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology on State Street. Tucked away between the LSA Building and the Helen Newberry House, the modest museum boasts a mas- sive collection of Egyptian and classical Roman artifacts. "In our stock room on the third floor, we probably have around100,000 pieces," said Scott Meier, the Kelsey Museum's exhibition coordinator. It's hard to believe that so many arti- facts are stashed away upstairs. With a current gallery space of just 1,000 square feet, the Kelsey Museum is in definite need of a bigger display area. "Right now, about1 percentcof our piec- es are on display, if that," Meier said. Fortunately, Kelsey is in the process of constructing a 17,000-square-foot addi- tion, which will stretch all the way to Maynard Street. Meier and the rest of the 'KIMBERLY CHOU AssociateArts Editor if you haven't carefully .e works of Edward Said in ion of the film, it's not hard e trans-cultural potential to "The Darjeeling Limited," erson's latest about a trio of train journey through Raja- novie, which opens tomor- he Michigan Theater, is the cted by Anderson, who has touchstone in hipster film nevitably, the question of ity arises when an artist n or about a culture not his oung director as closely fol- and as white - as Anderson Ping to set a film in India and with it easily, no matter how yajit Ray films he's seen. son, Roman Coppola and chwartzman wrote the .y for "Darjeeling" while on trip to India, the director's "It's not really our goal to repre- sent the culture as it is to just share our experience, our point of view of (India) - and it's only such a sliver," Anderson said in a roundtable inter- view before a Q&A session and special screening of the film in Ann Arbor Monday night. "It's a place where I feel there are so many surprises, and I'm so interested in learning about this place and to share my limited experiences." When the film's three Whitman brothers (Owen WilsonAdrien Brody and Schwartzman) arrive at their first stop, they step off the Darjeel- ing Limited - the fictional train that gives the movie its title - into a kind of "Picturebook India." Although American tourists traveling in Asia for the first time are often surprised when encountering marketplaces and blinding poverty (two things usu- ally not out in the open in the United States), the India captured in Ander- son's signature camera pans show mostly saffron hills and flocks of See ANDERSON, Page 4B The Daily Arts guide to the best upcoming events - it's everywhere you should be this weekend and why. "It smells ... holy." AT THE MIC Jessica Care Moore - publishing-house CEO and Apollo performance legend --willtake the stage at the Michigan Union U-Club at 8:30 p.m. tonight for the Poetry Slam. Moore, herself a well-known African-American poet, encourages literacy through hip hop. Tickets are $3. ON STAGE The Dicks and Janes' 8th Annual A Cappella Invitational is Saturday at 8 p.m. at Rackham Auditorium. Joining the co-ed a cappella group this year is the University's Amazin' Blue, Miami University's Misfitz, Florida State's All-Night Yahtzee and MSU's Accafellas. Tickets are $8 with student ID. IN CONCERT Started by former Dispatch member Chad Urmston, rock outfit State Radio will come to The Blind Pig tomorrow at 8 p.m. The show promises to be worth the $12 cover, since the band's legacy rests largely in its stage presence and interactive performances with the audience. All ages. ABOVE: Shokoufe Alidousti's "Self-Portrait 4." BELOW: Shahrokh Ja'fari's "Child's View." The UMMA exhibit the U. S. government won't recognize By Abigail B. Colodner I Daily Fine Arts Editor The Kelsey Museum ot Archeology is sat lor a facelitt to be finished by tall 2009. museum's faculty hope the renovation will earn attention from both archaeo- logical scholars and visitors. The Kelsey Museum, now an unas- suming building, is also somewhat over- shadowed by the far more conspicuous University of Michigan Museum of Art building down the street. As it stands, many students don't even realize the building serves a public function. When the Kelsey Museum was open, signs over the doorway attempted to draw attention to its presence. Though construction is making rapid progress, the entire project won't be fin- ished until fall 2009. The plans allow a four-month period to catalogue all of the artifacts and transport them into the new storage space as well as time set aside to curate the new exhibits. The new addition will push the gallery space to 6,500 square feet over the span of two floors. Planned features include an elevator and a loggia (a roofed gallery or balcony) with 12-foot-high glass panels. See KELSEY, Page 3B ussan Babaie doesn't want you to misunderstand her. The History of Art assis- tant professor cautions for a care- ful handling of our contact with a country whose Persian history, social Visions mores and politi- cal sympathies Through we are acquaint- Dec.30 ed only through AlltheUMMA snippets. Off/Site These snippets of Iran - news reported through CNN, inflamma- tory speeches at a New York uni- versity, a uniform that has become an emblem - are extremely evoc- ative. We hold them up to our understanding of our own culture and, naturally, make comparisons. UMMA Off/Site's new exhibition, "Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran," which is now open and runs through Dec. 30, is one instance of that. But Babaie, who is herself Ira- nian, says well-worn comparisons of freedom and modernity deserve considerationunder a more focused light. The photographs in "Visions" are gathered from 20 different art- ists livingand working in Iran. The majority of the dated photographs are from between 1997 and 2003, predating the more stringent cur- rent administration in Iran. Some visual elements could anchor us,if we let them, to the quilt of Iranian imagery we've already seen, interpreted and incorporated as basic assumptions. There is the familiar chador, scenes of violence, See UMMA, Page 4B AT THE PODIUM Nicholas Montemarano, a widely published short-story writer, will read his work as part of the Zell Visiting Writers Series today at 5 p.m. in the Michigan League Vandenberg Room. His books include "If the Sky Falls" and "A Fine Place."