A closer look at the films of Wes Anderson. pic.twitter.com/0ejWw97Y6e
— Fandor (@Fandor) July 15, 2017
Star Wars, but all of the light saber sounds are Owen Wilson saying “wow”
Star Wars, but all of the light saber sounds are Owen Wilson saying “wow” pic.twitter.com/t5Yll0AV4h
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) July 14, 2017
Wes-tory?
I have been working on a little project to document the history of the online Wes community, starting with this site, which started in 2000 and owes much to a site that came before it called the Lawnwranglers.
Here’s a little taste…
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Isle of Dogs “mostly complete”?
From Isle of Dogs animator Tim Allen:
We’ve just watched #IsleofDogs in it’s mostly complete state & I was v chuffed to c how many shots I have at the beginning & end of the film
— Tim Allen (@TimAnimation) June 26, 2017
!!!
Isle of Dogs is scheduled for release March 23, 2018.
Accidental Wes Anderson
Speaking of locations…
As reported at The Onion A.V. Club, IndieWire, and elsewhere, there is a sub-reddit dedicated to locations that evoke the aesthetic and sensibilities of Wesley Wales Anderson.
there’s a subreddit where people share photos of places that look like they belong in a Wes Anderson film, a legit Life Imitates Art thread: pic.twitter.com/jVs62pWYxP
— kyra (@diegolvnas) July 6, 2017
more places that look like they belong in Wes Anderson’s world, what an Aesthetic pic.twitter.com/ncJ8MaVOiS
— kyra (@diegolvnas) July 6, 2017
Which are your favorites?
SHARE: Scouting Wes Anderson locations (Messy Nessy Chic)
From Messy Nessy Chic:
I have another part-time job that nobody knows about. It doesn’t pay very well because … well, technically my “boss” doesn’t actually know I hired myself to do the job. But whenever he decides he needs me, I’m certainly ready and waiting. You see, when it comes to the aesthetics of Wes Anderson movies, ol’ Wes and I are like two peas in a pod. It’s almost as if we have an unspoken connection. In fact, I received a message the other day from an MNC reader who had spotted Mr. Anderson in Vienna at the Kunsthistorisches Museum observing at a Brueghel wintry scene. My source revealed that she’d overheard Mr. Anderson say he was researching for his next film. Hmmm … sounds to me like my pal Wes could use a hand. How convenient that I keep a compendium of Anderson-esque movie locations on file just for the occasion. Here are my top 20…
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A Summer Song
Chad and Jeremy on American Bandstand (November 28, 1964)
Interview with the Reservoir Geeks
The Lovely Soiree at the Bottle Rocket Motel is tomorrow, 26 July. To book a room, call the Days Inn Hillsboro directly at 254-582-3493. The event includes an outdoor screening of Bottle Rocket, cool stuff to take home, Fresh Tamales and more on sale from North of the Border, Wes Anderson-themed party rooms, lifelong friendship, and more.
We recently sat down with our pals the Reservoir Geeks to talk about their brainchild.
[Preface from Andy: “The backstory to the whole event is that when I had just started a job, back in May 2011, I didn’t have any money to spare for a birthday gift for Chris. I knew that I would be getting more steady paychecks later in the summer and told him that we would have a good ol’ fashioned drunken guys night in room 212 at the Bottle Rocket Motel. Well, as it would turn out, online all the rooms were booked. I found this odd since Hillsboro is not the most happening place. I called Days-Inn directly and they informed me that the franchise fee had not been paid and that the first things taken away was the internet reservations (genius, I know). I was able to get the motel’s direct number and talked to the owner, Bina, who informed me of their recent problems and fears of closing. I called Chris immediately and asked if he would mind if we tried making a little event out of it. Honestly we expected some of our friends to show up and possibly some other fans but our fate for success was sealed when I tweeted y’all there at Rushmore Academy and you got the ball rolling. The rest is pretty much history and it’s in huge part thanks to you guys!”]
RA: What was it about this place, a Days Inn off of I-35, that brings you so much joy? What inspired you to save it?
CHRIS: Even though the paint scheme is a little different and some things have been moved around as soon as you step onto the property at the Bottle Rocket Motel it’s like stepping into one of Wes Anderson’s films. Not just a film set, but the actual place in that moment you’ve seen on screen so many times. Walking the breezeway at night feels just like you would picture it did when the boys discuss Bob’s situation with his brother right before he makes off in his car. It’s the same as when you step out of your room barefoot in the morning and look out over the railing and can’t help but mutter to yourself “Bob’s gone. He stole his car.” With some films the sets get destroyed or broken down, but the Bottle Rocket Motel lives on. That world still exists.
ANDY: You know, when I was a teen I saw the motel coming and going to visit my grandparents in San Antonio and always thought that it looked eerily familiar. Luckily on one trip back we needed gas and my folks stopped at the gas station right there. I said I was going to walk over and take a look at the hotel and while walking through the lower center hallway I unveiled itself to me. The closer I got to the pool the more the sides of the hallway seemed to open like a cinder block curtain. There it was; the pool, the red doors, the open field. All canopied by the beautiful Texas sky. The Bottle Rocket Motel will always be like that in my mind. Sorta like when you think of your parents and their always young like when you were a kid.
Moonrise Kingdom… in Paris
She is a Greek-American living in Paris for 8 years, addicted to stinky cheese, bicycles, and boys with freckles.
He is a French computer nerd that can recite all NBA and soccer statistics from 1950 onwards.
In 2010, they met on OkCupid. Both fans of movies and fonts, there was an instant connection with each other, and with Wes Anderson.
Fast forward to 2014. They danced on the banks of the Seine River to Françoise Hardy. And they will dance down the aisle in August.
They are each other’s grandest adventure.
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