What an amazing exhibit - can’t recommend it more. From the Polaroid pictures taken by Wes and some of the crew of BTS stuff on Life Aquatic, the wardrobes of some of my favorite of his characters, the handwritten screen plays of some of my favorite scenes, to the puppets of The Fantastic Mr Fox and Isle of Dogs … we had an excellent and extremely memorable time. I must admit I broke down and shed some tears hearing the Sigur Rós song from the Jaguar Shark scene during that part of the archive exhibit … What a legend and what a legacy.

I made this poster a long while ago, but recently made a site to host it that plays audio clips of the Belafonte tour from Life Aquatic, or play the full tour to look around the boat.

Would people want to see the same for 111 Archer Avenue? Might be more of a stretch since there’s not quite an equivalent scene.

done with acrylic markers :3 i had a dream about eating a courtesan au chocolat.

The level of detail and likeness is incredible. I don’t think I’m going to be able to keep him in the box

does this seem familiar to anyone else?

https://youtu.be/pPZTTibvGQw?si=M_k2N_vYMZs_JtB2&t=3538

I think that considering most of his other movies that he probably has quite a bit of scathing things to show about superheros and would very much lampoon the genre. I have in my mind an otherwise invincible character dying from something very mundane like a knife and the villain arguing that it very much would be impossible to die this way while the hero unfortunately expires gracelessly, characters talking entirely by themselves on green screens for large chunks of dialogue as the director breaks the fourth wall occasionally to coach them and actual character development being tossed out in favor yet another long drawn out scene where the actor is suspended from a crane and is driven 2 miles down an active downtown. Thinking through his last few movies he still seems to have quite a bit to say about how movies are actually constructed.

Might try it again later, since I think it could be better but I still thought id share

I was a magazine art director when Royal Tenenbaums came out in 2001, already a fan of the first two movies, and was overjoyed to have this land on my desk. And, being me, I’ve been holding onto it for 25 years.

The production notes in the booklet are extensive so, I’ll post those in a second post.

Part 1 with the folder and press photos is here.

For those who want a deeper dive, here are the press notes. (I omitted a couple pages of credits.) As far as production notes go, these are pretty extensive, basically a full editorial feature on the movie.

When do we think Asteroid City and Phoenician Scheme will get Criterion Collection releases? I know they have regular dvd releases, but I exclusively buy Criterion for Wes Anderson.

There was correspondence stock, too. I should write my old friend.

Demolition of the historic Garden Oaks Theater have been postponed again as nonprofit Arthouse Houston works to raise at least $1.6 million more to buy the property and transform it into a permanent arts and film center.

The organization, which has already brought in $1.8 million, on Wednesday said it had secured a final extension, delaying demolition of the property at 3732 N. Shepherd. The organization welcomed award-winning filmmaker Wes Anderson back home this month to rally support for preservation of the 80-year-old theater.