10 reasons to watch the films of Wes Anderson and fall in love with his work
Cinema / / December 19, 2019
1. he is a perfectionist
Like many well-known directors, whose work we love to stare until blue in the face, Wes Anderson - a perfectionist to the core. Its author's handwriting correctly you will know by how painstakingly constructed his films. Start with the fact that the inscriptions Anderson uses mostly the same font, Builds frames exclusively centeredAnd decorations prefers only as miniature and hand made.
With such a thirst for perfection it is not surprising that Anderson is involved in all stages of the production of his tapes he and the director and screenwriter, and producer. It does not appear in the frame.
2. He has impeccable taste
Scruples Anderson would be in vain if his movies were not as irreproachable in terms of style. It would be desirable to consider each frame under a magnifying glass, and from appearing in them objects to hold an exhibition of arts and crafts. Whether it is baroque interiors of the hotel Hotel "Grand Budapest", fill it with color frame in "Moonrise Kingdom" stop-motion-animation or makeup Tilda Swinton - you can be sure that every element in the film is passed through a Wes unique author filter.
It is no accident for the films release Anderson Art booksAnd the critics make of his work guides with detailed illustrations. Yes, and the director likes to dress to match its distinctive paintings: his colorful jackets and foppish socks flecked nose utrut any hipster.
3. He's a big music fan
Perhaps most importantly, what impeccable taste and perfectionism Anderson show themselves to the full, - a selection of soundtracks. Perhaps, if you now shall hear rock and roll 60s or French chanson - it's just his credit. It was Anderson returned the widespread love songs These Days by Nico or Le temps de l'amour Francoise Hardy, dropping to dance to her young heroes "Moonrise Kingdom".
Forgotten pop hits and fancy national composition - the source of the lion's share of charm all without exception of Anderson pictures. In the same "UK" almost every character has its own musical accompaniment, in "Fantastic Mr. Fox," you can dig up the old tracks country style, and "The Darjeeling Limited" opens a grandiose This Time Tomorrow group The Kinks - and it surprisingly presents a new music almost forgotten sound.
4. He is desperate cinephile
Of course, their style of Anderson did not create from scratch. It has deep roots in the classics of world cinema. For example, similarity his directorial handwriting with the work of Kubrick, many viewers have noted more than once. Wes himself acknowledges the influence of Scorsese (especially on their debut album), but critics see in his paintings the traces of a variety of artists, from Truffaut to Miyazaki.
List of various loans in Anderson films so huge, that it be not much use. But we can say with confidence that the impact of Anderson on contemporary cinema will definitely not less.
5. He is the author of excellent teenage paintings
Most of the films of Wes Anderson's one way or another devoted to older stories (or revolves around the eternal theme of fathers and children - ie family). Starting with one of the first of his paintings, "Rushmore Academy", and ending in the recently released animated film rental "Isle of Dogs", Anderson makes his central child hero confronting a repressive world adults.
In "Rushmore" is a student, a businessman struggling with an industrial focus for the young teacher. In the "Full Moon Kingdom" - cascading from adults a teenager in love. The "Hotel" Grand Budapest "" - the young assistant concierge involved with a mentor in the scam, to get an inheritance elderly postoyalitsey.
Even in those films where the foreground Anderson seemed to appear adult, young figures prominently in the plot, and the characters have grown continue to behave like children. Of course, during the film they will inevitably grow.
6. He makes the incomparable puppet cartoons
In addition teenage stories, Anderson excelled in animation. More in the film "The Life Aquatic" he used the method of stop-motion-animation (stop-motion shooting of puppet characters) to represent the fascinating fauna of the underwater world.
Later on this admission, he built two cartoon picture: a fairy tale adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and his new creation "Dog Island". The action takes place in Japan, the last of the future, where one of the prefectures of the evil mayor ailurophile decides to expel all the dogs on the island of trash. He goes in search of his faithful dog sent to the protagonist - a 12-year-old Atari. Clip below makes it clear how much painstaking work was done by Anderson and his team in creating this cartoon.
7. Bill Murray played him his most unusual role
Of course, each viewer has their own idea of the best and the worst. In our view, Bill Murray has never been so inimitable as in eccentric tapes of Wes Anderson.
Their collaboration began 20 years ago with "Rushmore Academy", where Murray has realized a sentimental image of an industrial tycoon. Since then, the actor has never for a long time did not leave the shooting area of Anderson, acting as an episodic, and in the lead roles. Our favorite - surly oceanographer Steve Zyss of the "Water of Life".
8. He opened the world of Owen Wilson
It so happened that the first person he met Anderson when he moved from his native Austin to Dallas, were brothers Wilson. With them, the novice director and came up with a small short film about a young Texan romantics, who were robbers, which later turned into a full-fledged debut titled "Bottle Rocket." Although financially the film flopped, it was thanks to him the world learned of the existence of Wes Anderson and discovered the actor's family Wilson.
Two brothers, Andrew and Luke, starred in several films more Anderson, then each went to solo sailing. But Owen has not only remained a regular at Wes' films, but also wrote several scripts for his paintings, becoming a full-fledged co-author of the director.
9. He always removed a certain set of stars
Most often in the movies Anderson, you will see the same faces. We can say that there was some sort of actor's troupe around the director, who has just replenished after each new project. In parallel, the director manages to open new names (as is the case with Wilson), but preference is given to people already checked. The same rule applies to the crew.
Among those who regularly appear in the tapes of Wes Anderson, we mentioned Bill Murray and Wilson brothers. There also can be attributed, and Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Bob Belabana, Tilda Swinton and Harvey Keitel.
10. He is always on the positive
Whatever may have been terrible trials experienced by the characters in his paintings, Anderson movies we love for what they will inevitably come to the soothing finale. Even if the wages of death of a friend did not take place ( "The Life Aquatic"), love has gone to the other ( "Rushmore"), and a peaceful life changed war ( "Hotel" Grand Budapest "") Anderson's characters never lose heart and always find a way out of the deplorable situation in which appeared.
So if you have ever feel stuck, without any deliberation include Wes. You can be sure it will inspire in you a grain of hope for a favorable outcome.
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