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Wes Anderson has one of the most original voices of any filmmaker working today, but his movies are full of clues as to which directors have influenced him the most. From Orson Welles to François Truffaut to Federico Fellini, some of the most iconic filmmakers in the history of cinema have had a hand in inspiring Anderson’s distinctive style. Here are 10 films that had a lasting impact on the indie auteur.
“The Magnificent Ambersons” (1942)
Orson Welles’ period drama about a wealthy family that loses its entire fortune at the turn of the 20th century...
Wes Anderson has one of the most original voices of any filmmaker working today, but his movies are full of clues as to which directors have influenced him the most. From Orson Welles to François Truffaut to Federico Fellini, some of the most iconic filmmakers in the history of cinema have had a hand in inspiring Anderson’s distinctive style. Here are 10 films that had a lasting impact on the indie auteur.
“The Magnificent Ambersons” (1942)
Orson Welles’ period drama about a wealthy family that loses its entire fortune at the turn of the 20th century...
- 4/26/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Christmas has come early for Wes Anderson fans. The filmmaker recently directed a surprise short film for Swedish clothing company H&M starring Adrien Brody called “Come Together.” Every frame is unmistakably Anderson, and the setting for the short — a moving train — makes the nearly four-minute spot feel like a little brother to “The Darjeeling Limited.”
Watch: Wes Anderson’s World-Building: This Great ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ Breakdown Video Illustrates the Auteur’s Style
Brody plays a character named Conductor Ralph, who has to inform passengers on Christmas that challenging weather conditions and mechanical difficulties have delayed their train nearly 12 hours. “Come Together,” which features a song by John Lennon, is not the first short form project Anderson has directed for a brand. He’s previously shot commercials for companies including American Express, At&T, Hyundai, Stella Artois and SoftBank. His nearly eight-minute short film “Castello Cavalcanti” starring Jason Schwarzman was also presented by Prada,...
Watch: Wes Anderson’s World-Building: This Great ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ Breakdown Video Illustrates the Auteur’s Style
Brody plays a character named Conductor Ralph, who has to inform passengers on Christmas that challenging weather conditions and mechanical difficulties have delayed their train nearly 12 hours. “Come Together,” which features a song by John Lennon, is not the first short form project Anderson has directed for a brand. He’s previously shot commercials for companies including American Express, At&T, Hyundai, Stella Artois and SoftBank. His nearly eight-minute short film “Castello Cavalcanti” starring Jason Schwarzman was also presented by Prada,...
- 11/28/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
How’d we miss this? Last week, the Italian luxury fashion brand Prada released Past Forward, a nightmarish black-and-white short film directed by David O. Russell that features (among other things) a mouthless Sacha Baron Cohen, a bleached blond Allison Williams, futuristic technologies, Bernard Herrmann’s scores for North By Northwest and Vertigo, and John Krasinski executing some weirdly unnerving dance moves.
Like many luxury brands, Prada occasionally forgoes conventional advertising in favor of lavishly expensive eye-catching shorts that give filmmakers carte blanche to do their thing as long as everybody wears the right clothes. Earlier examples include Prada’s own Wes Anderson film, Castello Cavalcanti, and David Lynch’s Inland Empire-esque Lady Blue Shanghai, starring Marion Cotillard, a superstar of this particular high-concept niche.
The dialogue-free Past Forward, which runs almost 13 minutes, gives Russell a chance to do what is his wont: swing the camera wildly, work ...
Like many luxury brands, Prada occasionally forgoes conventional advertising in favor of lavishly expensive eye-catching shorts that give filmmakers carte blanche to do their thing as long as everybody wears the right clothes. Earlier examples include Prada’s own Wes Anderson film, Castello Cavalcanti, and David Lynch’s Inland Empire-esque Lady Blue Shanghai, starring Marion Cotillard, a superstar of this particular high-concept niche.
The dialogue-free Past Forward, which runs almost 13 minutes, gives Russell a chance to do what is his wont: swing the camera wildly, work ...
- 11/23/2016
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
Fans of twee cinema, listen up - a Wes Anderson-themed cafe just opened in Italy.
Anderson designed the newly opened Bar Luce in Milan, which features a decor just as idiosyncratic as the Grand Budapest Hotel filmmaker's movies.
Wes Anderson's Bar Luce @ Fondazione Prada, Milano. #barluce#milano#igersmilano#wesanderson#fondazioneprada#prada
A photo posted by @captain_cousteau on May 10, 2015 at 1:36am Pdt
Bar Luce
A photo posted by @roads_to_nowhere_ on May 10, 2015 at 2:00pm Pdt
#wesanderson #barluce #fondazioneprada #flipper #stevezissou #milano #milan #pinball #thelifeaquatic
A photo posted by avv_fabio (@avv_fabio) on May 10, 2015 at 4:41pm Pdt
The bar, which opened on Saturday (May 9), features pinball machines depicting The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and short film Castello Cavalcanti.
The décor is also seemingly inspired by The Grand Budapest Hotel too.
Anderson said: "While I do think it would make a pretty good movie set,...
Anderson designed the newly opened Bar Luce in Milan, which features a decor just as idiosyncratic as the Grand Budapest Hotel filmmaker's movies.
Wes Anderson's Bar Luce @ Fondazione Prada, Milano. #barluce#milano#igersmilano#wesanderson#fondazioneprada#prada
A photo posted by @captain_cousteau on May 10, 2015 at 1:36am Pdt
Bar Luce
A photo posted by @roads_to_nowhere_ on May 10, 2015 at 2:00pm Pdt
#wesanderson #barluce #fondazioneprada #flipper #stevezissou #milano #milan #pinball #thelifeaquatic
A photo posted by avv_fabio (@avv_fabio) on May 10, 2015 at 4:41pm Pdt
The bar, which opened on Saturday (May 9), features pinball machines depicting The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and short film Castello Cavalcanti.
The décor is also seemingly inspired by The Grand Budapest Hotel too.
Anderson said: "While I do think it would make a pretty good movie set,...
- 5/14/2015
- Digital Spy
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: Here's another aca-hilarious Honest Trailer, this one striking Pitch Perfect: Watch Blast It Biggs! Where Are You?!, a short documentary about a minor character from Star Wars who originally had a bigger significance (via Geek Tyrant). This bar in Milan was designed by Wes Anderson. Best part might be the pinball machines made for his movies The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Castello Cavalcanti. See more photos at Screen Crush. Wes Anderson's Bar Luce @ Fondazione Prada, Milano. #barluce#milano#igersmilano#wesanderson#fondazioneprada#prada A photo posted by @captain_cousteau on May 10, 2015 at 1:36am...
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- 5/13/2015
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Wes Anderson’s meticulous attention to design and detail in all his films, in which each frame looks like a carefully fine-tuned diorama full of colors and careful staging, has made for a plethora of charming fantasy worlds, but very few in our real world. Now however, Anderson has created a project in which he has designed a cafe/bar for a new art gallery opening this month in Milan.
Bar Luce, designed by Anderson, is located inside the Fondazione Prada in Milan, a new art gallery space commissioned by the fashion designer Prada. According to Conde Nast Traveler, who visited the cafe this week, the space is complete with “retro formica chairs in bright pastel colors, jukeboxes”, and perhaps best of all, “Steve Zissou-themed pinball machines.”
According to the Fondazione Prada’s website, Anderson retained some of the original building’s architecture, including an arched ceiling once part of...
Bar Luce, designed by Anderson, is located inside the Fondazione Prada in Milan, a new art gallery space commissioned by the fashion designer Prada. According to Conde Nast Traveler, who visited the cafe this week, the space is complete with “retro formica chairs in bright pastel colors, jukeboxes”, and perhaps best of all, “Steve Zissou-themed pinball machines.”
According to the Fondazione Prada’s website, Anderson retained some of the original building’s architecture, including an arched ceiling once part of...
- 5/6/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Here.s something you almost certainly never noticed: Wes Anderson has a slight obsession with the colors red and yellow. You probably don.t believe that.s true. Joking aside, there.s a handy video now available that showcases just how often he uses these colors, and it.s pretty damn wonderful. Watch it below! See, what did I tell you? Kudos to Rishi Kaneria for creating Red & Yellow: A Wes Anderson Supercut, which divinely brings together and amalgamates footage from the likes of Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, along with the short films Hotel Chevalier and Castello Cavalcanti. Just in case you didn.t know, that.s all of Anderson.s movies - which suggests that he might have a problem. Could be a medical reason for Wes Anderson...
- 2/25/2015
- cinemablend.com
Wes Anderson's vivid, vibrant worlds, not to mention the perplexing, deceptively layered characters who inhabit them, have continually lent themselves to some super apt and epic slow-motion shots. Now, Vimeo user Alejandro Prullansky has compiled a super cut of Anderson's slo-mo shots from across the director's filmography, charmingly – and maybe a tad cheekily – set to The Shins' "New Slang." All the heavy hits are covered, from Margot and Richie Tenenbaums' reunion (The Royal Tenenbaums) to brothers Francis, Peter and Jack hopping a train in India (The Darjeeling Limited). And,...
- 1/9/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Today’s film is the 2013 short Castello Cavalcanti. The film is directed by Wes Anderson, who shares writing duties with Roman Coppola, and stars Giada Colagrande and Jason Schwartzman. Schwartzman rose to prominence with a leading role in 1998′s Rushmore, going on to performances in I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. His newest film, Saving Mr. Banks, opened in wide release in American theatres this weekend.
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- 12/22/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
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