Tonight will hit theaters "The French Chronicle," the new film by Wes Anderson, who is considered one of Hollywood's most creative and eccentric directors.
Anderson has signed acclaimed films such as "The Tennenbaum Family" and "Grand Hotel Budapest," which has won four Oscars.
The full name of the film is "The French Chronicle of Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun," and it is a comedic drama that Anderson defines as "a love letter to the press."
The inspiration for the film is the veteran magazine The New Yorker, and at the center of the plot is a fictional magazine that is about to come out in a special latest edition, based on the will of editor Arthur Hawitzer Jr., played by Bill Marie ("Lost in Tokyo").
The aviator has died, and his last wish is a special issue in which three selected articles will be republished.
The film is made up of the independent stories behind those articles.
As is the best tradition in Anderson's films, this time too the film is led by a large and impressive ensemble of actors, some of whom are injured for only a small role.
Among the actors in the film: Owen Wilson, Angelica Houston, Elizabeth Moss, Tilda Swinton, Benissio del Toro, Timothy Shalama, Sirsha Ronen, Edward Norton, Leib Schreiber, Willem Defoe and Oscar winners Frances McDormand, Adrian Brody and Christoph Waltz.
The film was shot three years ago, but its release was postponed for a year and a half due to the Corona.
It was finally premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last summer, and critically acclaimed as "Wes Anderson in all its glory."
In this film, too, the special colors, symmetry and visuals that characterize the director are evident.
Director Wes Anderson,
Anderson's debut film (52) was "Little Crimes" from 1996, which he co-wrote with Owen Wilson.
They continued to work together on the screenplays for Max Fisher's 1998 Race to the Top, and for the 2001 Tennenbaum Family, for which he was nominated for an Oscar in the original screenplay category.
Over the years Anderson has also directed two animated films, "The Famous Mr. Fox" from 2009 and "Dog Island" from 2018, both of which were nominated for Oscars in the animated film category.
His most decorated film is the 2014 Grand Hotel Budapest, which was nominated for nine Oscars, including in the categories of best film, director and screenwriter.
The film eventually garnered four Oscars, but in the technical categories.
While promoting the French Chronicle, Anderson said that the film is a collection of short stories, something I always wanted to do, a tribute to The New Yorker magazine and writers who have published in their own distinctive style. It has respect for the written word. It appears in all sorts of ways in the film, "
Anderson referred to the creative freedom that is important to him as a filmmaker.
“At some point in my career I just decided I was going to do just what I wanted,” he said.
"If I want to make a sequence of frames with a widescreen in black and white - then that's what I'm going to do. And if I want a certain part painted - then I do. When I started making films, I always wondered 'Is it possible to do that?'
"Today I do not bother to ask anymore. Of course in the final mix everything has to work together. There must be a rhythm that everyone fits."
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