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We're traveling to Wes Anderson-country this week. Get ready for picturesque framing and a color-tinting that can best be described as "cake".
Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an event that he described as the most crucial event of his brothers and his growing up. During childhood, Anderson also began writing plays and making super-8 movies. He was educated at Westchester High School and then St. John's, a private prep school in Houston, Texas, which was later to prove an inspiration for the film Rushmore (1998).
Anderson attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he majored in philosophy. It was there that he met Owen Wilson. They became friends and began making short films, some of which aired on a local cable-access station. One of their shorts was Bottle Rocket(1994), which starred Owen and his brother Luke Wilson. The short was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was successfully received, so much so that they received funding to make a feature-length version. Bottle Rocket was not a commercial hit, but it gained a cult audience and high-profile fans, which included Martin Scorsese.
Success followed with films such as Rushmore (1998), Life Aquatic (2004), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and an animated feature, Fantastic Mr Fox (2009). The latter two films earned Anderson Oscar nominations.
Ralph Finnes: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000146/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Tony Revolori: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727825/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t17
Film Overview and YouTube Videos
Premise: The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Budget: $25 million
Box Office: $174.8 million
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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC.
We're traveling to Wes Anderson-country this week. Get ready for picturesque framing and a color-tinting that can best be described as "cake".
Our Director
Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an event that he described as the most crucial event of his brothers and his growing up. During childhood, Anderson also began writing plays and making super-8 movies. He was educated at Westchester High School and then St. John's, a private prep school in Houston, Texas, which was later to prove an inspiration for the film Rushmore (1998).
Anderson attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he majored in philosophy. It was there that he met Owen Wilson. They became friends and began making short films, some of which aired on a local cable-access station. One of their shorts was Bottle Rocket(1994), which starred Owen and his brother Luke Wilson. The short was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was successfully received, so much so that they received funding to make a feature-length version. Bottle Rocket was not a commercial hit, but it gained a cult audience and high-profile fans, which included Martin Scorsese.
Success followed with films such as Rushmore (1998), Life Aquatic (2004), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and an animated feature, Fantastic Mr Fox (2009). The latter two films earned Anderson Oscar nominations.
Our Stars
Ralph Finnes: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000146/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Tony Revolori: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727825/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t17
Film Overview and YouTube Videos
Premise: The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Budget: $25 million
Box Office: $174.8 million
Trivia
(courtesy of IMDB)
(courtesy of IMDB)
* Unlike most films, every time a newspaper article appears it has a detailed and complete depiction of the events in the headline, all written by Writer and Director Wes Anderson.
* Tilda Swinton spent five hours in the make-up chair to play eighty-four-year-old dowager Madame D. "We're not usually working with a vast, Bruckheimer-type budget on my films, so often we're trying a work-around", said Wes Anderson. "But for the old-age make-up, I just said, 'Let's get the most expensive people we can'."
* According to Writer and Director Wes Anderson, the whole cast stayed in the same hotel, Hotel Börse in Görlitz, during principal photography. He insisted all make-up and costume fittings happen in the hotel lobby to speed up filming. The owner of Hotel Börse appeared in the film as an extra working on the front desk of the Grand Budapest Hotel, and after filming finished for the day, the crew would often return to find him at the front desk of their own hotel.
* According to "Variety", Fox Searchlight Pictures sent its specification for the film's "proper projection" to theaters before its release. Although this film was shot in three different aspect ratios (1.37, 1.85, and 2.35:1) to inform viewers where they are in the time line, which alternates between 1985, 1968, and the 1930s, instructions state in large, bold red font that the film is meant to be projected in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio (the standard). Aside from the projector setting, the directions include information on framing the picture, image brightness, audio configuration, and fader setting.
* As of January 2015, this is the highest-grossing film of Wes Anderson's career, grossing 174.8 million dollars worldwide. It was also the highest-grossing independent film of 2014, and the highest-grossing limited-release film of 2014. In its first week, it grossed over eight hundred eleven thousand dollars in just four theatrical screenings, averaging two hundred two thousand dollars per screen.
* Tilda Swinton spent five hours in the make-up chair to play eighty-four-year-old dowager Madame D. "We're not usually working with a vast, Bruckheimer-type budget on my films, so often we're trying a work-around", said Wes Anderson. "But for the old-age make-up, I just said, 'Let's get the most expensive people we can'."
* According to Writer and Director Wes Anderson, the whole cast stayed in the same hotel, Hotel Börse in Görlitz, during principal photography. He insisted all make-up and costume fittings happen in the hotel lobby to speed up filming. The owner of Hotel Börse appeared in the film as an extra working on the front desk of the Grand Budapest Hotel, and after filming finished for the day, the crew would often return to find him at the front desk of their own hotel.
* According to "Variety", Fox Searchlight Pictures sent its specification for the film's "proper projection" to theaters before its release. Although this film was shot in three different aspect ratios (1.37, 1.85, and 2.35:1) to inform viewers where they are in the time line, which alternates between 1985, 1968, and the 1930s, instructions state in large, bold red font that the film is meant to be projected in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio (the standard). Aside from the projector setting, the directions include information on framing the picture, image brightness, audio configuration, and fader setting.
* As of January 2015, this is the highest-grossing film of Wes Anderson's career, grossing 174.8 million dollars worldwide. It was also the highest-grossing independent film of 2014, and the highest-grossing limited-release film of 2014. In its first week, it grossed over eight hundred eleven thousand dollars in just four theatrical screenings, averaging two hundred two thousand dollars per screen.
Members: @shadow_priest_x @europe1 @MusterX @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Caveat @Cubo de Sangre @sickc0d3r @chickenluver @Strange King @FrontNakedChoke @AndersonsFoot