The World of Wes Anderson
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NPR Weekend Edition did a little piece on Wes Anderson’s influences in Fantastic Mr. Fox:
“Eric says he thinks that it’s based on my relationship with my older brother,” says Anderson. “He was always taller, and he’s very intelligent, and he was always better adjusted than I was. He’s also very well-mannered and just always had it together. Now he’s a doctor. … I was a kind of grouchier, less well-adjusted child, so I think that might’ve been an inspiration without me ever thinking of it.”
Jason Schwartzman is going to be the guest for the “Not My Job” segment on Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me (“the NPR news quiz”) this weekend. Here is Jason’s apperance.
From Inside Searchlight:
Borders Northridge (For Kids)
Saturday November 7, 2009 @ 11AM
From the movie: Jason Schwartzman9301 Tampa Ave.
Northridge, CA 91324o Clips from film will be shown.
o Jason will talk about his character, Ash. (See Ash in the production still above; he is the character on the right.)
o Reading from ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ (movie) original book – Chapter 11: “A Surprise for Mrs. Fox”
o Audience Q&A
o SigningApple Santa Monica (For Kids)
Saturday November 7, 2009 @ 4PM
From the movie: Jason Schwartzman1248 Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica, CA 90401o The trailer and clips from the film will be shown.
o Jason will talk about voicing the role of Ash in the film.
o Reading from ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ (movie) original book – Chapter 11: “A Surprise for Mrs. Fox”
o Audience Q&A92Y Tribeca (Sold Out!)
Tuesday November 10, 2009 @ 8PM
From the movie: Director Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman200 Hudson St
New York, NY 10013o The trailer and clips from the film will be shown.
o Moderated discussion
o Audience Q&AApple Soho Store (NYC)
November 11, 2009 @ 7PM
From the movie: Director Wes Anderson, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzmano The trailer will be shown.
o Moderated discussion
o Audience Q&A
Watch our slideshow of the Fantastic Mr. Fox premiere in London
Includes photos from The Gap on Regent Street courtesy of jazzt. All photos copyright their respective owners.
Wes and Jason will discuss Fantastic Mr. Fox at 92Y (200 Hudson Street, NYC) on Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm (link). Tickets are $18.
92YTribeca and Borders is proud to join forces with Twentieth Century Fox to present an evening of conversation with Wes Anderson (Director) and Jason Schwartzman (voice of “Ash”). In advance of the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes and Jason will discuss working together on the film, a stop motion animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel. In addition to the moderated discussion, you’ll get a sneak peek of clips from the film and the opportunity to participate in audience Q&A. The bar will be open, and books will be for sale, including The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson and the original Dahl novel.
Transcribed by iFlicks:
George and Wes – what was the appeal of Fantastic Mr Fox? Why did you want to work on a film, particularly a stop-motion animation, based on that book?
WA: Well, we all grew up with Roald Dahl’s writing. Fantastic Mr Fox was the first book I owned, so it made an impression upon me. I always wanted to adapt the book as stop-motion, using puppets with fur, because there’s something sort of magical about that.
GC: I just did it for the paycheck. The money. [Laughs] But it was also the chance to work with Wes, which really appealed to me.
George, in what ways do you identify with the character of Mr Fox? What did you think of him as a fox?
GC: What I thought of him…as a fox? [Laughs] Well, he’s an optimist, which was really fun to play. I had a lot of fun on the film, working with such a great cast. I didn’t enjoy working with Bill, though. There was a lot of hatred there at first. We’re okay now, though.
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The Press Conference and Premiere, 14 October 2009 (more as they come in)
Sources: HuffPost , Getty, @eldiabolik, @BFI, Mark Romanek (via Edgar Wright), @debbsperks
The BFI London Film Festival is under way tomorrow, with the world debut of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox! This is an ongoing post. Watch for updates.
Here is Wes talking about the film and addressing the “directing controversy” (Hollywood Elsewhere):
More with Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray…
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Please note that Tristan Oliver’s earlier comments were removed at his request.
From the Associated Press:
NEW YORK — “Can I do a flashback?” asks Jason Schwartzman.
The 29-year-old actor and musician is chatting over coffee, sitting in a Manhattan hotel lobby almost Zen-like, but full of questions and curiosity. He clearly relishes conversation, pursuing any tangents with a lively interest:
Words he hates: “vibe, journey and voice.”
The “amazingness” of math: “Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?”
The previous night’s Steelers game: “The … has pretty much hit the fan.”
Schwartzman’s storytelling is vibrant, abstract and often not chronological. And at this particular moment, everything seems to relate back to the past.
Schwartzman made his film debut eleven years ago in Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore” as Max Fisher, the spectacled, love-crazed, eminently intrepid teenage misfit — easily one of the most remarkable first stabs at movie acting.
“I can’t express enough to you how bizarre that experience was,” Schwartzman recalls. “It was like a drive-by shooting, but a positive one.”
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