The importance of the books, of the narrators, of the narrative, in the movies made by Wes Anderson are exploded in this beautiful video made by the people from The A to Z Review. Enjoy!
A.V. Club’s Pop Pilgrims Visit the Real Rushmore Academy
Yes, this is another post about something fantastic the A.V. Club did, but it was too good not to share. The A.V. Club recently took a field trip to Houston and visited the school that stood in for Rushmore Academy, St. John’s School.
The video features shot-by-shot comparisons of campus then and now, excellent interviews with a current teacher at St. John’s who was a friend of Wes’s in high school and the owner of Rosemary Cross’s home, and, as a bonus, has shot of Wes’s yearbook from senior year.
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16 Military Wives
A flashback Tuesday treat: Thought it might be fun to revisit the Decemberists’ video “16 Military Wives” from a couple years ago. This very Rushmore inspired video was directed by Aaron Stewart-Ahn: