It’s the must-see event for cinema fans: from March 19 to July 27, the Cinémathèque is dedicating for the very first time an entire exhibition to the eccentric filmmaker and screenwriter Wes Anderson. A retrospective that traces his work from the 90s to today, through countless sumptuous costumes and accessories, but also sketchboards, polaroids, film extracts, and even set photos. Focus on this highly anticipated exhibition.
Aboard Anderson’s universe
The most Francophile of American directors is settling at the Cinémathèque! The result: a true dive into the cinematic evolution and the unique universe of Wes Anderson. If each of his films is so particular and has its own mini-world, the filmmaker’s style is recognizable among a thousand. Thus, we travel through the aesthetics and costumes of the quirky The Royal Tenenbaums, before arriving at The Grand Budapest Hotel, literally, as we find ourselves face to face with the model of the iconic candy-pink hotel from the four-time Oscar-winning film!
We wander through the exhibition to the sounds of the perfectly fitting soundtracks of the films (The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, or even Françoise Hardy serenading Le temps de l’amour in the cutest scene of Moonrise Kingdom), marveling at Timothée Chalamet’s costume in The French Dispatch or at the puppets of the stop-motion masterpiece Fantastic Mr. Fox. And since we are fully immersed in surrealism, we enjoy an encounter with the doggies from Isle of Dogs, a film whose fascinating making-of we discover by putting on a VR headset.
A universe of details and fantasy
Filmed on film and packed with details, the director’s films are true living paintings, where symmetry and photographic design reign over striking soundtracks. With emblematic actors and collaborators like Owen Wilson or Bill Murray, his style, quirky and unmistakable, has refined itself since his beginnings. We cry as much as we laugh at his scripts and films, imbued with autobiography and overflowing with poetry.
Complete, lively, and faithful to the filmmaker, the exhibition celebrates the major influence of this director, so original and with an undeniably personal style. One single urge upon leaving the Cinémathèque: to treat ourselves to a marathon of the films of the most eccentric and talented director of recent years!
Wes Anderson, the exhibition, from March 19 to July 27, at the Cinémathèque Française, 51 Rue de Bercy, Paris 12th. Monday, Wednesday to Friday: 12 PM - 7 PM, Weekends: 11 AM - 8 PM, closed on Tuesdays
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