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The old-timey aspects of his various narratives notwithstanding (from “Fantastic Mr. Fox” to “Life Aquatic” to “French Dispatch” and “Grand Budapest” and everything in between), I can basically boil That Wes Thing ™️ down to a few consistent visual tropes: * Ubiquitous symmetry * Tableau compositions * Very deliberate/narrow color palettes * LOOOOOOOONG takes (He loves them) We have been known to stage quasi Wes film festivals sometimes and just binge a bunch of his films back to back.
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Jan 15, 2025

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My faves have always been Life Aquatic and The Darjeeling Limited!
Jan 15, 2025
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He also loves using ”the rule of thirds” where a shot can be divided cleanly into three distinct sections horizontally. This principle lends to that symmetry we find so damn pleasing. Do you have a fave movie?
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salad_valet Coin flip between Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums. You?
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coreydubrowa coin flip between The Darjeeling Limited and The Royal Tenenbaums. Have you seen the RT house in Harlem??
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salad_valet I know it exists but no!
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coreydubrowa it’s so worth the trip! Took my breath away when I first saw it. visiting his cafe in Milan, bar Luce, is on my bucketlist.
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Everything he touches turns to solid gold. My new favorite movie is Asteroid City and the one before that was The Grand Budapest Hotel. He is an amazing director and his art direction is some of the most pleasing to the eye I have seen. Love his movies so much and I LOVE WILLEM DAFOE.
Feb 27, 2025
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Wes Anderson films are just so gorgeous in general, so I'd reccomend just checking out films he's directed. The colour grading in his films are so amazing!!
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rewatched these recently and they’re so great. Touching and funny and really striking sets/shots. Reminded me of how good Wes Anderson is beyond all the memes. I know people clown on some of his tendencies as a director but the guy knows how to make a fuckin movie.
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