Brigadoon Weekend
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November 14, 2020
Wes Anderson only.
WES ANDERSON DEEP DIVE EIGHT
Immerse yourself in the world of Accidentally Wes Anderson: The cult Instagram account celebrating real-life Anderson-esque moments has been reimagined in book form – complete with a foreword written by the director himself.
+ Aimée McLaughlin
Accidentally Wes Anderson: How to get this seriously stylish interiors aesthetic: The elegantly quirky style of Wes Anderson’s films has inspired a million‑follower Instagram account and now a book.
+ Fleur Britten
How Wes Anderson perfected the music-nerd soundtrack: Charting the impact of the director’s use of music in his work across the last 20 years in anticipation of his latest film, "Isle of Dogs."
+ Judy Berman
5 times Wes Anderson was so on-brand (& 5 times he surprised us): Wes Anderson is one of the most unique and stylish directors out there today, but he still has it in him to surprise his audiences.
+ Joe Antonini
On his 51st birthday, revisit Wes Anderson’s dreamiest onscreen style moments: Few filmmakers understand that clothes maketh the character better than Wes Anderson. The Texas-born auteur, who turned 51 this year, is a figure beloved by designers and filmgoers alike, with his eclectic, whimsical take on costumes evident from his breakout film, 1998’s Rushmore, onward.
+ Liam Hess
Wes Anderson: In a world of his own: To his fans, Wes Anderson's idiosyncratic films are things of wonder. Detractors, however, consider the Texan director's style fussy and mannered. Will his latest, The Grand Budapest Hotel, help settle the argument?
+ Tom Lamont
The Wes Anderson style explained: What is the Wes Anderson style? Is it a mixture of vintage tchotchkes, droll repartee, and houndstooth? Well … yes, but there’s more to it than that, a lot of which has generally gone unnoticed.
+ SC Lannom
Bar Luce: Designed by the American film director Wes Anderson in 2015, Bar Luce recreates the atmosphere of a typical Milanese cafè. As explained by Anderson, “the approach I used to design this bar is exactly the opposite I usually use for the set designs of my movies. I tried to make it a bar you’d like to go to five times a week. When I was really young I wanted to be an architect, and this chance I’ve been given to pretend to be a real one is a childhood fantasy come true!”.
+ Fondazione Prada
BRIGADOON EVENT
Brigadoon Monthly | Member Call
November 18, 2020
2:00 pm ET
Title: Uncertainty and why it’s a good thing
Speaker: Gerald Ashley | Managing Director @ St Mawgan & Co + Independent Non-Executive Director @ Equitile Investments
Gerald is one of the UK’s leading advisors, writers, and speakers on behavioral risk, disruptive change, and decision making.
Before becoming a full-time consultant in 2001, he spent 25 years in banking and finance, most recently at the Bank for International Settlements.
Looking at risk from all industries and areas of life and study, Gerald seeks to challenge the classical economic models, attempting to predict behavior with linear, rational processes.
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WES ANDERSON DATA POINTS
Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, Texas. He attended St. James Preparatory high school before he moved to Austin, where he attended the University of Texas and graduated with a degree in philosophy.
His short film Bottle Rocket, a 13-minute short, made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994.
Wes Anderson’s favorite films:
1. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski – 1968)
2. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick – 1971)
3. Trouble In Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch – 1932)
4. Toni (Jean Renoir – 1935)
5. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols – 1966)
@accidentallywesanderson
Though he has yet to win an Oscar (despite seven nominations, and counting), Wes Anderson is largely considered one of today’s most influential filmmakers.
To ensure that his character maintained his limp in The Darjeeling Limited, Owen Wilson stuck a lime in his shoe.
Bill Murray ended up working on Rushmore at scale with the Screen Actors Guild day rate minimum for smaller indie film projects. Anderson estimated that Murray made about $9000 for his work on the film.
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BRIGADOON WATCHES | VIDEOS ON WES ANDERSON
Why do Wes Anderson movies look like that?
+ Thomas Flight
How to steal like Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
+ Thomas Flight
Wes Anderson explains how to write + direct movies | The Director's Chair
+ StudioBinder
Wes Anderson interview on "Rushmore"
+ Charlie Rose
Wes Anderson and Ralph Fiennes | Interview
+ TimesTalks
BRIGADOON READS | BOOKS ON WES ANDERSON
Accidentally Wes Anderson
+ Wally Koval
The Wes Anderson Collection
+ Matt Zoller Seitz
Wes Anderson: The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work - Unofficial and Unauthorised
+ Ian Nathan
The Wes Anderson Collection: Bad Dads: Art Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson
+ Spoke Art Gallery
The Films of Wes Anderson: Critical Essays on an Indiewood Icon
+ P. Kunze
TWEET
I still get a little teary-eyed every time I see the end of Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The moment in the submarine, where Sigur Ros's Staralfur plays. In my view the best work Wes Anderson ever did.
@DrSamuelBrown
Physician-scientist/trialist at Intermountain Health and the University of Utah. ARDS/sepsis/humanizing critical care/trial methods
Have a great weekend. See you next week.
-Marc
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