HOLY FUCKING SHIT! I'm going to get to interview Wes Anderson. I can not tell you how excited I am about this. DC doesn't get that many big time people through it and even when it does my community newspaper usually doesn't give me enough sway to talk to most of them, but Wes Anderson is coming and I just got confirmation that I'd get to talk to him!
In case you are asking who the fuck is Wes Anderson...well tough shit if you don't know who one of the most interesting and creative filmmakers of our day and age is then I don't want to be talking to you anyway and you can use google on your own to find out. I am giddy all over.
But here is the great part, because I'm talking to him you get talk to him in proxy. Got any questions for him that you've been dying to ask? Post them in the comments and I'll try to work them in. Ok i"m going to basically leave work and watch his movies back to back.
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Ask him what his mindset is when writing a new story.
Or ask him why he loves the Wilson brothers so much.
What manner of art, hangings, plants, photos, etc adorn the walls of your home? Do they match what we see in your movies, or is it void of all decoration in order to separate yourself from your work?
Also, ask him if he can get me some of that opium soup from that village he visited in India. He described it as similar to taking half a Xanax when I saw him the other night. I bet that guy is fun to party with.
I thought Life Aquatic was awesome but I'm not to excited to see his new flick.
Ask him how he liked working with Adrian Brody and if he plans on casting him in any future roles.
@kryptinite
Darjeeling is really gorgous and a great story. I strongly recommend seeing it this weekend.
"Thanks for rocking, dude"?
You know, now that you say that, I think that is exactly what I'd say and once I can time travel what I will say. "Thanks for rocking, dude," pretty much sums up Christ pretty well.
2) Life Aquatic is one of my favorite movies, and the best Wes Anderson movie I've seen.
NO WAI! Royal Tenenbaums is the best friggin Wes Anderson movie.
"What's your structure for a new film? Do you write with the songs you use in your movies in mind, or do you get inspiration while shooting?"
"What influenced your fluid visual storytelling?" I'm referring to the scenes in Rushmore showing off Max's yearbook accomplishments, or the flashback to the Tenenbaum kid's past achievements. Those are so natural you feel like your watching someone's memories of their own childhood.
good times.
Uh, what's your dog's name?
Cody.
*WHACK*
Be still, Cody.
good times.
I love that line. I defy anyone to watch that moment and not crack a grin.
Real questions: From some of your comments, it seems like you would like to view the actor/director relationship as a collaborative one rather than a hierarchical one. How do you approach actors who have a "you do your job, I'll do mine" reaction?
Do you consider what you do to be more art, or craft?