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LeMonde
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- LeMonde
Inside the meticulous world of Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme'
Since March 19, employees at the Paris Cinémathèque française film institution have noticed some unusual visitors. Despite the spring weather, more and more young people have come to visit clad in red woolen hats, heavy suede jackets or ties adorned with foxes – a nod to the characters of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2005), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) or Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), all films by Wes Anderson, to whom the Parisian institution has dedicated a vast exhibition, which runs until July 27. Unbothered by the warm temperatures, many of the exhibition's visitors – 53,000 in just one month – might have arrived in a Margot Tenenbaum-style fur coat, one of Mr. Fox's corduroy outfits or in many other impeccable items – starched shirts and fitted tracksuits – that Anderson typically adorns his characters with. In November, when the exhibition travels to the Design Museum in London, some visitors may don Bjorn Lund's (played by Michael Cera) rust-colored jacket, or the pristine suit with a club tie worn by Prince Farouk (Riz Ahmed) in The Phoenician Scheme, the 56-year-old American director's 12 th feature film, which is competing at the Cannes Film Festival and set to arrive in French cinemas on May 28. Anderson's cinematic universe is not just about clothing but also sets, props, music and graphic identity. "It is an immense body of work, with the unique ability to deploy itself throughout a space," explained Matthieu Orléan, the curator of the exhibition at the Cinémathèque française. "That's why we showcase so many objects." This includes the puppets used in the making of Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle of Dogs (2018), magazines chronicling the exploits of the gifted Tenenbaum family members, cross-stitch landscapes from the imaginary island setting of Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and the bathrobe from the short film Hôtel Chevalier (2007).
Time Out
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Tickets for London's epic new Wes Anderson exhibition are now on sale
Film lovers, this is one for you: a landmark Wes Anderson exhibition is coming to London later this year, and it looks genuinely quite brilliant. But you're going to want to act fast: tickets have now gone on sale, and we expect them to sell pretty fast. As the director's first-ever retrospective, 'Wes Anderson: The Archives' at the Design Museum will feature more than 600 items from the filmmaker's back catalogue: costumes, storyboards, sketches, props, motion puppets, handwritten notebooks and the three-metre wide model of The Grand Budapest Hotel which was used to capture the building's façade for the iconic 2014 film. You'll have the chance to see all sorts of recognisable stuff up close – like vending machines from Asteroid City and the FENDI fur coat worn by Gwyneth Paltrow as Margot Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums. There will also be a rare screening of Anderson's 1993 Bottle Rocket 14-minute short film that went on to be remade as his first feature. If you fancy it, tickets are priced from £19.69 and the exhibition opens in November, running through to July next year. Tim Marlow, Director and CEO of the Design Museum, said: 'Wes Anderson has created some of the most visually distinctive and emotionally resonant films of the last two decades — from the melancholic charm of The Royal Tenenbaums to the youthful adventurism of Moonrise Kingdom. 'He's an utterly compelling creator of cinematic worlds, whose singular vision and attention to detail are underpinned by an acute understanding of design and craftsmanship, which is why the Design Museum is the perfect location for this landmark retrospective.' The exhibition premiered at la Cinémathèque française in Paris in March this year. For its time in London, 100 new objects will be added and there will also be more attention directed to the 'complex process of Anderson's world-building design work and the contributions of his trusted collaborators', charting his journey from the mid-nineties right up to his 2023 short The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
