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Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson talk Artist on Artist
Most of us here at Paste are infatuated with Wes Anderson. He is the superstar quarterback to our giggly high school freshman. We have swooned at the release of Darjeeling Limited. We have swayed sweetly to the soundtracks of his films. Frankly, we can’t get enough. If you are in the same boat (lets call it The Belafonte) then here's a little extra serving of your favorite director. Alongside good friend and colleague Owen Wilson, Anderson participated in the most recent installment of MySpace’s Actor on Actor (see link below). This MySpace group features artists interviewing other artists, sometimes with... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Darjeeling Limited
Watching a Wes Anderson movie means (for better or worse) slipping into a few of the young director’s comfortably worn tropes... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsCriterion readying Bottle Rocket for DVD
In the past two weeks it's been hard to throw a rock into the cavern of film news without hitting a Wes Anderson story. While the director keeps kind of quiet between film releases, now that The Darjeeling Limited is headed towards theaters the man really knows how to keep the publicity up. The latest word from the director is that Bottle Rocket, Anderson's first feature and what probably his least stylized, is getting the DVD treatment by prestige label Criterion with a new and significantly less terrible print of the film. For some reason Anderson has long seemed to... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCriterion readying Bottle Rocket for DVD
In the past two weeks it's been hard to throw a rock into the deluge of film news without hitting a Wes Anderson story. While the director keeps kind of quiet between film releases, now that The Darjeeling Limited is headed towards theaters the man really knows how to keep the publicity up. The latest from the director is that Bottle Rocket, Anderson's first feature and what probably his least stylized, is getting the DVD treatment by prestige label Criterion. For some reason Anderson has seemed to long have an arrangement with the label, with all three of his other... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBill Murray and Wes Anderson working on another project
Although Wes Anderson has been making the publicity rounds for The Darjeeling Limited, this doesn't mean he's been lazy on his next project. Anderson leaked some info about The Fantastic Mr. Fox , announced late last year to be his next film, to MTV, saying that "George Clooney is going to be Mr. Fox. Bill Murray has a part. Jason [Schwartzman] is doing a voice. That's our team." He also related some other pertinent info about the film, mainly that it will be a stop-motion picture, though not claymation. "The settings will be very natural. We want to use real... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsNew Wes Anderson short premieres for free on iTunes
Wes Anderson sure is a charmer. Just releasing his intimately-crafted, twee-as-eff films once every few years would have been enough to make us swoon over him (and seriously, we have). But then he goes and pulls something like this: a free, 13-minute short film posted in the iTunes music store. Wedding bells, clearly, are soon to ring. Entitled Hotel Chevalier, the short serves as a prequel to Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, which is set for domestic release this weekend. It stars Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman as romantic leads, which really should be all you need to know about the... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWes Anderson goes (AT&T) commercial
Remember that long American Express ad Wes Anderson did back in 2006? Here's a quick refresher: Although it was perhaps less affecting than Scorsese's effort for that same ad campaign, it was nonetheless pretty brilliant. Anderson is finished with a new series for AT&T that bears some stylistic similarities to this commercial, featuring a long take in front of a changing facade, which also might remind you of the long take used to cover the entire submarine in The Life Aquatic or the one that shows the family towards the end of The Royal Tenenbaums. While the new ads lack... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGoing Deep With Wes Anderson
Rhinestone Blue Fin, “Life on Mars,” Lord Mandrake, Viet Cong Man O’ Wars, “Rebel, Rebel,” Air Kentucky, Sugar Crabs, Campari Liquor... read more
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