The Criterion Edition of Bottle Rocket was released this month and The A.V. Club has just posted a great interview with Wes Anderson. I was surprised to learn that he is a fan of Quentin Tarantino! If you want read about the making of Bottle Rocket and get the scoop on Anderson’s favourite debut movies by other directors head over here.

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YES. FINALLY. In all my running around and vacationing during August I missed the exciting announcement that a Criterion edition of Bottle Rocket will finally be released on November 25th 2008. Of course it will get the full Criterion treatment and come with extras galore, including the original thirteen-minute black-and-white Bottle Rocket short film from 1992.