When your every casting quirk and cinematographic fetish has become a virtual trademark, how do you continue to till the same aesthetic fields without becoming a parody of yourself, a one-trick pony whose once-refreshing stylization has become little more than a brand?Īnderson demonstrates his awareness of that predicament, if not a fully satisfying answer to it, in Asteroid City. Of course, no one can make a Wes Anderson movie like the man himself, which turns out to be a mixed blessing. When the trailer for Asteroid Citywas released, my first reaction was, “Yes, that certainly is a Wes Anderson movie.” No filmmaker working today has such a readily recognizable visual mode, to the degree that discovering it in reality and mimicking it in AI-assisted fan films have become cottage meme industries. (L to R) Jake Ryan as “Woodrow,” Jason Schwartzman as “Augie Steenbeck,” and Tom Hanks as “Stanley Zak” in writer/director Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City,” a Focus Features release.
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