What it's like to get a Wes Anderson education, from 'Rushmore' to 'Asteroid City'
1 year, 9 months ago

What it's like to get a Wes Anderson education, from 'Rushmore' to 'Asteroid City'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy When Tony Revolori, then a 17-year-old with little Hollywood experience, was beginning to shoot Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Jason Schwartzman took him aside to give some advice. Since “Rushmore” introduced Schwartzman, Anderson’s films have been nurturing, if surreal, environments for young performers and a singular rite of passage. “This is one of the most powerful learning experiences I’ve ever had,” says Grace Edwards, 19, one of the newcomers of Anderson's latest, “Asteroid City.” Part of the joy of “Asteroid City” is seeing successive generations of Anderson actors, including Schwartzman, Revolori and a new crop of young faces, assemble like homegrown players on a team of all-stars. “But I do feel like I’m part of his family.” For Anderson and Schwartzman, “Asteroid City” marks just how far they’ve come since they met.

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What it’s like to get a Wes Anderson education
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What it’s like to get a Wes Anderson education

Live Mint  

When Tony Revolori, then a 17-year-old with little Hollywood experience, was beginning to shoot Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Jason Schwartzman took him aside to give some advice. Since “Rushmore” introduced Schwartzman, Anderson’s films have been nurturing, if surreal, environments for young performers and a singular rite of passage. “This is one of the most powerful learning experiences I’ve …

What it’s like to get a Wes Anderson education, from ‘Rushmore’ to ‘Asteroid City’
1 year, 9 months ago

What it’s like to get a Wes Anderson education, from ‘Rushmore’ to ‘Asteroid City’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When Tony Revolori, then a 17-year-old with little Hollywood experience, was beginning to shoot Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Jason Schwartzman took him aside to give some advice. “This is one of the most powerful learning experiences I’ve ever had,” says Grace Edwards, one of the newcomers of Anderson’s latest, “Asteroid City.” Part of the joy …

Why does it take Wes Anderson so long to make a movie?
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Why does it take Wes Anderson so long to make a movie?

Slate  

Wes Anderson’s new film is a lustrous widescreen ode to moviemaking. In fact, Anderson’s film is better than Day for Night: It’s more complex because it doesn’t just fetishize movies the way that Truffaut did. Appropriating the heraldic French horns and exultant strings of Georges Delerue’s Day for Night score, Anderson gives movies a rapturous, comic importance in contemporary culture. …

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