INTERVIEW: Director Wes Anderson
By Behind The Scenes TV on Dec 8, 2008 in Directors, Filmmaking, Interview
In 1996, a 26-year-old filmmaker from Houston named Wes Anderson—working with his best friend Owen Wilson and Owen’s brother Luke—finished his debut feature film, Bottle Rocket, a stylish, laconic story about crime and sentimentality. Though it initially received mixed reviews,Bottle Rocket has gone on to be recognized as one of the most significant debut films of the ’90s, and Anderson has become one of the most recognized names in contemporary American cinema, even though his films—The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Rushmore—annoy as many people as they delight. As The Criterion Collection prepares to make Bottle Rocket part of its first wave of Blu-Ray releases, Anderson spoke with The A.V. Club about on-the-job training, being despised, and what debut films he admires most.
Related posts:
- INTERVIEW: Director Michel Gondry on his latest ‘Be Kind, Rewind’ Michel Gondry started his career making handmade fantasies for...
- Director Wes Anderson directs movie by email? To be clear, Wes Anderson did not set out...
- INTERVIEW: Clive Owen on making ‘The International’ If you want to wound Clive Owen, just call...