Oscar winner Adam Stockhausen explains the visual details of frequent collaborator Wes Anderson’s metatextual comedy, which leaned into the film’s film stage setting to present a vibrant vision of the region.
'I'm not playing Bette Davis, but it helped give an idea of what this person's career is and what it was like to be a woman in those circumstances then.'
There’s a lot going on in Anderson’s American desert town drama – an ensemble cast, alien invaders, a play within a TV show within a film – but there’s so much to admire in this ambitious exercise in world building.
There’s a lot going on in Anderson’s American desert town drama – an ensemble cast, alien invaders, a play within a TV show within a film – but there’s so much to admire in this ambitious exercise in world building.