Wes Anderson and his style for directing, telling stories, building sets and characters is one of the most distinguishable in the world of cinema nowadays. In fact, the visual spectacle of his films is so unique that it has become a trend on social media, with thousands of people imitating his style in videos, photos and more.
In recent months, dozens of AI-generated trailers and images that show some of the most popular sagas in pop culture such as Star Wars, The Hunger Games or Harry Potter have even been reconstructed in the style of the director of The Royal Tenenbaums.
And although it seems that this trend has conquered a large number of fans, some who already followed the director and others who did not, it seems that Anderson has not been conquered by it at all. In an interview with The Daily Beast, he shared his thoughts on these videos and images:
“I’ve only been exposed to it verbally. I haven’t seen any of it. Obviously, it’s easy for me to go to the right web page and see it. I choose not to really engage. I guess it’s because I don’t want to get distracted by that. It’s a bit like if you’re told, ‘Your friend does a great version of you.’ Maybe you say, I’d really like to see it, and maybe you say, I don’t want to see a version of me, even if it’s good. It can be like, ‘Is that me?’ That’s not necessarily the thing you want. At some point, I’m sure I’ll go in there and see. But I’ve never seen a TikTok, for instance, of anything. I’m not going to start with me.”
Wes Anderson’s Present and Future
Asteroid City, the latest movie from the director, hits theaters this same week. The story follows a group of attendees at a special convention for aspiring astronomers and space cadets, in a fictional desert town in the United States in 1955.
However, the fun event that includes families from all over the country turns into something more when a series of strange and unexpected events begin to happen around the group, unaware that their lives and the world will change forever.
Asteroid City features an all-star cast including Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum.
Later this year, the director will also release The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar on Netflix, an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s famous short story from The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. It will be the second time Anderson has developed a project working on Dahl’s stories after Fantastic Mr. Fox.
The short film, which runs for 37 minutes, follows a man named Henry Sugar, who learns the story of another man from India who can see even without eyes. In order to use that same ability to earn money, since he’s a gambler. Eventually, he gets the ability to see through objects and predict the future, something he of course uses to earn money.
