Music Buzz NPR recently did a feature on how the “Moonrise Kingdom” director develops his amazing, moody soundtracks. The “Wes Anderson sound” is impossible to nail down to one era or genre alone, although a healthy dose of forgotten or under-appreciated '60s-'70s rockers is a requirement… Mostly, though, all of his soundtracks share a certain, specific je ne sais quoi that I wanted to try to recreate for my fantasy soundtrack.
Movie Buzz Not to be crude, but this is a Wes Anderson fan's wet dream.
Movie Buzz Apparently, there is an even dumber way to do a film adaptation of Battleship. On the plus side, this would have a way better soundtrack I guess.
Movie Buzz In case you're too lazy to watch the trailer from Wes Anderson's upcoming movie. Jeez, did he shoot the whole thing on Instagram or something?
TV Buzz Such mixed feelings on this. I hate when I actually like commercials, but these are pretty good. (via vulture.com)
Culture Buzz Anderson gets so much credit for his elegant soundtrack choices, but he could have just picked Ja Rule every time. (via theaggregate.net)
Movie Buzz Hands are representative of the elitism in an apathetic youth culture. Obviously.
Politics Buzz The widely followed Twitter account @HuffingtonPost has been posting homophobic and strange messages Sunday afternoon. One tweet attributes the hacking to the “New York Post.”
Moonrise Kingdom is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Moonrise Kingdom.
Movie Buzz The first trailer for Anderson's latest film is online. In addition to all of the standard Anderson touches (muted color palette, Jason Schwartzman, deadpan, and Bill Murray), the film also has Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, and Tilda Swinton. It takes place at camp. It looks like a fun time.
Culture Buzz The A.V. Club traveled to the Royal Tenenbaums' brownstone located in Harlem and created a short but interesting travel doc to go along with their visit. I also included a Google Map to the Wes Anderson fan's equivalent of Graceland as well in case you wanted to make a visit.
http://maxwrotelifeaquatic.tumblr.com/
This Tumblr argues that Max Fischer is actually the author of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Are they onto something or is it just a crazy theory?
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/03/shocker-wes-andersons...
Ed Norton, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray. Hell of a cast.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wes-anderson-picks-out-his...
Chock full o' famous people.
It would probably look something like this. These are Casey Weldon's paintings for the upcoming ‘Bad Dads’ art tribute to the films of Wes Anderson. She based her paintings on the notion, “What if it could be all Murray, all the time?” Visit Casey’s blog for larger versions of each painting.
Hayden and Sean are getting married next April, and instead of putting their faces on a magnet, they made this video. The cat wrangling at the end is pretty impressive.
Culture Buzz It's called the “Ballad of Reading Milton.” I'm just now realizing he looks exactly like a cross between Thurston Moore and Tilda Swinton.
It has more swagger than usual, for a Wes (and Roman Coppola) thing. Still heavily reliant on short pants and a a warm palette, though. p.s. Does anyone else think WA ghost-directed this Target commercial?
http://thisrecording.com/today/2009/7/15/in-which-wes-and...
In case you were planning to wear a yellow suit and a deadpan expression while wandering the streets today: here is your soundtrack.
For a film-school project, Alex Cornell and Phil Mills made this promo for a (fictional) Wes Anderson film festival in the style of The Royal Tenenbaums. I think they totally nailed it, from the quirky, upbeat tone of the voiceover right down to the multiple quick pans and the distinctive title font. (Via Kottke.)
The new Criterion Collection edition of Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket contains this wonderful replica of Dignan's notebook.
http://tenenbaumfail.tumblr.com/
New favorite Tumblog: Tenenbaum FAIL — where Wes Anderson fans go to die. Submit your own Tenenbaum failure. Go Mordecai!
The internet will not stop until everything has been Wes Anderson-ified, but these are still pretty amusing. The Quentin Tarantino at the end is the best, I think, so persevere.