By The trailer for Wes Anderson's next film, The French Dispatch, is here, and to nobody's surprise it looks extremely Wes Anderson-ish.
Now you've seen that trailer, you'll know that that description undersells it a bit. This is not just a very Wes Anderson Wes Anderson trailer. It might be The Ultimate Wes Anderson Trailer. It's the distilled essence of Wes Anderson trailer.
Even for Wes Anderson, this is a very Wes Anderson trailer. But what's the most Wes Anderson bit of it? Let's find out.
The magazine office façade
Pastels 5/10
Flat composition 10/10
Symmetry 8/10
Whimsy 5/10
Extra credit Points for the gendarme in a cape whizzing downhill, and the very nice typography on the signage on top of the offices. +10
The back of the magazine office
Pastels Now we're popping. 7/10
Flat composition 10/10
Symmetry 8/10
Whimsy 3/10
Extra credit Wes has a big horn for people doing things at open windows. +5
The magazine office
Pastels 9/10. Yellow and brown? Wes is down.
Flat composition 10/10. This is becoming a redundant category.
Symmetry 4/10
Whimsy A glass bottle of delicious fizzy pop and outdated tech? Solid 8/10 here.
Extra credit Bill Murray. +15
Owen Wilson on a building site
Pastels 4/10
Flat composition Er, let's go with 10/10 again.
Symmetry 7/10
Whimsy 7/10
Extra credit That's a great beret atop Owen Wilson's head. +20
Timothée Chalamet playing chess
Pastels 0/10.
Flat composition Just assume these are flat 10s across the board.
Symmetry 9/10
Whimsy Those signs are very strong, as are the cross-legged chess poses. 9/10
Extra credit Nice overall effect. +20
A nice juxtaposition in an alleyway
Pastels 5/10
Symmetry 10/10
Whimsy 7/10
Extra credit If you'd ever wondered exactly what the difference between a black and white Wes Anderson film and a colour Wes Anderson film was, here you go. +10
Owen Wilson's library
Pastels 9/10
Symmetry 8/10
Whimsy 7/10
Extra credit Bill Murray and Owen Wilson and Owen Wilson's beret! And a bicycle! +200
The magazine flatplan
Pastels 9/10
Symmetry 9/10
Whimsy 5/10
Extra credit Just very nice. +10
Chambres de Jeunes Filles avec un jeune homme qui est tres pleased with himself
Pastels 8/10
Symmetry 8/10
Whimsy Strong posters. 9/10
Extra credit Stripy awning. Nice. +50
A lovely flatpack shot of a kitchen
Pastels 6/10
Symmetry 9/10
Whimsy 9/10
Extra credit Big, big points for not just looking like a model house, but actually being a model house. +100
Timothée Chalamet near a jukebox
Pastels 8/10
Symmetry 9/10
Whimsy 11/10
Extra credit Looks very much like that jukebox is splitting in half to reveal a street scene behind it. The chances of a song and dance sequence kicking off are high. +200
Really, though, it's all about this one.
Timothée Chalamet's extraordinary moustache
Pastels N/A
Flat composition N/A
Symmetry N/A
Whimsy N/A
Extra credit +100000000000
Magnifique.
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