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"Iconoclastic film director Wes Anderson says of his films:
I always feel like any character from one of my movies could walk into
another one of the movies and be at home there.
With the premiere of
Asteroid City at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival next
week, fans have been doing just that – walking themselves into faux Anderson
movies.
TikTokers are creatively “Wes-Andersonifying” their everyday lives: at lunch,
at the hotel pool or at the bookstore. The TikToks are all set to a score by
Alexandre Desplat from
The French Dispatch (2021).
It’s fun to see Anderson’s film style rolled out across diverse cultural and
geographic borders. This syncs with the filmmaker’s affinity for global cinema.
He draws inspiration from the films of Yasujirō Ozu, Satyajit Ray, Jean Renoir,
Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut and Jacques Rivette – to name just a few.
For Tiktok’s Anderson fans, here’s a “How To” by @andyyongfilms which shows a
recipe for the film style: a title card (Futura font, with typewriter effect),
symmetrical compositions, bright coloured or pastel outfits, retro props, an
overhead shot plus a “whip-pan” camera movement. A few of the TikToks are
highly polished, clearly from creators with a film education, such as
The
British Dispatch."
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
