🎨 FILMS - WES ANDERSON
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- [x] Bottle Rocket (1996) 91m 6.9 - Ann
- [x] Rushmore (1998) 7.6 93m - ann
- [x] The Royal Tenebaums (2001) 7.6 110m
- [x] The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) 7.2 119m - ann
- [x] The Darjeeling Limited (2007) 91m 7.2
- [x] Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 87m 7.9
- [x] Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 94m 7.8
- [x] The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 99m 8.1
- [x] Isle of Dogs (2018) 7.8 101m
- [x] The French Dispatch (2021) 7.1 107m
- [x] Asteroid City (2023) 105m 7.1
Short films :
- [ ] Bottle Rocket (1994) 14m
- [ ] Hotel Chevalier (2007) 13m
- [ ] Do You Like to Read? (2012) 5m
- [ ] Cousin Ben Troop Screening (2012) 2m
- [ ] Castello Cavalcanti (2013) 8m
- [ ] Come Together (2016) 4m
- [ ] The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) 37m
Cinematic Ancestors / Movie Influences and Movies Wes Anderson Recommends:
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- [x] Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) 96m 7.8
- [x] The Misfits (1961) 124m 7.2
- [x] The Plague of Dogs (1982) 7.7 103m
- [x] Welcome Back, Mr McDonald (1997) 103m 7.7
- [x] The Mortal Storm (1940) 100m 7.7
- [x] Alice Adams (1935) 99m 6.9
- [x] Beat the Devil (1953) 89m 6.4
- [x] Mouchette (1967) 7.7 81m
- [x] The Fire Within (1963) 7.9 108m
- [x] The Tenant (1976) 126m kan 7.6
- [x] Melody (1971) 7.6 103m
- [x] The Earrings of Madame De…(1953) * hbo 7.9 105m ** +
- [x] Summer with Monika (1953) * 7.5 96m crit +
- [x] Drunken Angel (1948) 98m crit 7.6 **
- [x] Grand Illusion (1937) 114m cri 8.1 - great escape ** - cri +
- [ ] Vengeance Is Mine (1979) 140m crit 7.7
- [ ] Black Jack (1979) 105m 6.8 * kan
- [ ] Small Change [pocket money] (1976) 7.6 104m
- [ ] A Story From Chikamatsu (1954) 102m crit 8.0
- [ ] The Insect Women (1963) 123m 7.4
- [ ] Intentions of Murder (1964) 150m 7.7
https://letterboxd.com/thediegoandaluz/list/wes-anderson-30-favorite-films-to-watch/
Justin's Rewatch Ranking (before)
1 The Royal Tenebaums
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 Moonrise Kingdom
4 The Grand Budapest Hotel
5 The French Dispatch
6 Isle of Dogs
7 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
8 Rushmore
9 The Darjeeling Limited
10 Bottle Rocket
? Asteroid City
Justin's Rewatch Ranking (after)
1 The Grand Budapest Hotel
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 Moonrise Kingdom
4 The French Dispatch
5 Isle of Dogs
6 The Royal Tenebaums
7 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
8 Asteroid City
9 Rushmore
10 The Darjeeling Limited
11 Bottle Rocket
Ann's Ranking
1 Fantastic Mr. Fox
2 The Grand Budapest Hotel
3 Isle of Dogs
4 The Darjeeling Limited
5 The French Dispatch
6 Moonrise Kingdom
7 Asteroid City
8 The Royal Tenebaums
9 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
10 Rushmore
11 Bottle Rocket
Wes Anderson's Favorite Directors
* Jean Renoir
* Akira Kurosawa
* Shohei Imamura
Wes Anderson Recommendations
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/wes-anderson-favorite-movies-films-asteroid-city/trouble-in-paradise-from-left-kay-francis-miriam-hopkins-herbert-marshall-1932-2/
- [x] Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- [ ] Toni (1953) *
- [x] Grand Illusion (1937) *
- [ ] Quai des Orfevres (1947) *
- [x] Drunken Angel (1948)
- [x] Stray Dog (1949)
- [x] The Earrings of Madame De… (1953) *
- [x] Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- [x] The 400 Blows (1959)
- [x] The Apartment (1960)
- [ ] Classe Tous Risques (1960)
- [ ] My Life to Live (1962)
- [x] Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1965)
- [ ] The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
- [x] Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
- [x] Mouchette (1967) *
- [ ] The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
- [x] The Graduate (1967)
- [x] Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- [x] A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- [x] The Last Detail (1973)
- [x] The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
- [x] The Tenant (1976) *
- [ ] Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
- [ ] The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
- [ ] From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
- [ ] Loulou (1980)
- [ ] Missing (1982)
- [x] Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
- [ ] Vagabond (1985)
- [ ] Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- [x] Moonstruck (1987)
- [x] My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- [ ] New York Stories (1989)
- [ ] Olivier, Olivier (1982)
- [x] Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
- [ ] It All Starts Today (1999)
- [ ] Kings and Queen (2004)
- [ ] Terror’s Advocate (2007)
Wes Anderson's Cinematic Ancestors / Movie Influences
Isle of Dog
https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/39514/1/10-films-that-influenced-wes-anderson-and-isle-of-dogs
- [ ] Dodes'Ka den
- [x] Porco Rosso (1992)
- [x] The Plague of Dogs (1982) *
- [x] Akira (1988)
- [x] Nestor, Long Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
- [x] Welcome Back, Mr McDonald (1997) *
- [x] The End of Evangelion (1997)
- [x] Snoppy, Come Home (1972)
- [x] Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)
- [x] Drunken Angel (1948)
French Dispatch
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/french-dispatch-inspiration/
- [ ] The Gold of Naples (1954)
- [ ] Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
- [ ] The Lower Depths (1936)
- [ ] They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
- [ ] City Streets (1931)
- [ ] Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
- [ ] White Nights (1957)
- [ ] Life Dances On (1937)
- [ ] David Golder (1931)
- [ ] Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
- [ ] La Chinoise (1967)
- [ ] Quai des Orfèvres (1947) *
- [ ] The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- [ ] The Hole (196)
- [ ] Masculin Féminin (1966)
- [x] Mon Oncle (1958)
- [x] Playtime (1967)
- [x] Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- [ ] Casque d’Or (1952)
- [x] His Girl Friday (1940)
- [ ] The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942)
- [ ] La Vérité (1960)
- [x] The Fire Within (1963) *
- [x] Love Me Tonight (1932)
- [ ] Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 (1972)
- [x] The Rules of the Game (1939)
- [x] The 400 Blows (1959)
- [x] The Tenant (1976) *
- [ ] My Life to Live (1962)
- [ ] Irma La Douce (1963)
- [ ] One From the Heart (1982)
- [x] The Red Balloon (1956)
Grand Budapest Hotel
https://thefilmstage.com/7-films-to-watch-before-seeing-wes-andersons-the-grand-budapest-hotel/
- [x] Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding)
- [x] To Be or Not to Be
- [x] The Good Fairy
- [x] The Mortal Storm *
- [ ] Love Me Tonight
- [ ] The Silence
- [x] The Shop Around the Corner
Moonrise Kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ThbD_vXZQ&t=98s
- [x] Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
- [x] Melody (1971) 7.6 103m
- [ ] Small Change (1976) 7.6 104m
- [ ] Black Jack (1979) 105m 6.8 *
- [x] Summer with Monika (1953) * 7.5 96m
- [ ] A Little Romance (1979) 110m 7.4
- [x] The 400 Blows (1959) 8.1 99m
- [ ] Murmur of the Heart (1971) 7.6 118m
Fantastic Mr Fox
- [x] The Story of the Fox (1937)
- [ ] Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
- [ ] Two English Girls (1971)
- [ ] The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Darjeeling Limited
- [x] The River (1951)
Asteroid City
- [ ] Some Came Running
- [x] The Misfits
- [x] Ace in the Hole
- [ ] Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- [x] A Streetcar Named Desire
- [x] Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- [ ] Inferno (3-D)
- [x] Bad Day at Black Rock
- [ ] Fool for Love
- [ ] The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
- [x] Alice Adams (1935)
- [ ] 8½ (1963)
- [ ] The Insect Women (1963) 123m
- [ ] Intentions of Murder (1964) 150m
- [ ] The Plot Against Harry (1989)
- [ ] New York Stories (1989)
- [ ] The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
- [ ] Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- [ ] Terror’s Advocate (2007)
- [x] Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- [x] The 400 Blows (1959)
- [x] Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Wes Anderson’s 11 favourite films:
- [x] Alice Adams – George Stevens
- [x] Beat the Devil – John Huston
- [x] Nothing Sacred – William A. Wellman
- [x] Do the Right Thing – Spike Lee
- [ ] The Long Voyage Home – John Ford
- [ ] A Story from Chikamatsu – Kenji Mizoguchi
- [ ] La Grande Bouffe – Marco Ferreri
- [ ] The Passionate Friends – David Lean
- [ ] Station Six-Sahara – Seth Holt
- [ ] What Price Hollywood? – George Cukor
- [ ] Winter Kills – William Richert
Nutmeg Ginger Apple Snaps inspired by Fantastic Mr. Fox
https://www.bingingwithbabish.com/recipes/apple-snaps-mrfox
Patterns:
* Symmetry
* Color Palette
* Quirky Costume Design
* Slow Motion
* Love, Family, Death
* Deadpan Humor
* Dysfunctional Families
* Chapter Like Structure
* 60s 70s Music
* Frequent Collaborators
Hot takes
* Wes Anderson Is The Michael Bay Of Quirky Sentimental Dramedies
* His Later Stuff Is Better (after darjeeling)
* Fetishizes non-white cultures (darjeeling; isle of dogs)
* Sexualizes children (moonrise kingdom)
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