In 2012, Wes discussed his favourite films with RT.
Rosemary's Baby: “One movie that I often find myself going back to is Rosemary’s Baby,” Wes Anderson said about the film. “This has always been a big influence on me or a source of ideas, and it’s always been one of my favourites. Mia Farrow gives a great, big performance in it, and I’ve read the script and it’s a terrific script. So that’s one I’d say.”
A Clockwork Orange: “I think A Clockwork Orange is one that springs to mind,” Anderson noted before adding. “A fully-formed Stanley Kubrick. It’s a movie that’s very particularly designed and, you know, conjures up this world that you’ve never seen quite this way in…
In 2012, Wes discussed his favourite films with RT.
Rosemary's Baby: “One movie that I often find myself going back to is Rosemary’s Baby,” Wes Anderson said about the film. “This has always been a big influence on me or a source of ideas, and it’s always been one of my favourites. Mia Farrow gives a great, big performance in it, and I’ve read the script and it’s a terrific script. So that’s one I’d say.”
A Clockwork Orange: “I think A Clockwork Orange is one that springs to mind,” Anderson noted before adding. “A fully-formed Stanley Kubrick. It’s a movie that’s very particularly designed and, you know, conjures up this world that you’ve never seen quite this way in a movie before, but at the same time, there’s a great sort of spontaneity to it, and tremendous energy. And both of those are very well adapted, good books.”
Trouble in Paradise: “Another one I could say is Trouble in Paradise,” Anderson disclosed. “Yeah, it is. A great Lubitsch movie. Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins. And Samson Raphaelson is the screenwriter; he did several Lubitsch movies. I don’t know if anybody can make a movie like that anymore — that perfect tone, like a “soufflé”-type of movie. A confection, I guess.”
Toni:“There’s one called Toni, that’s Jean Renoir before Grand Illusion, before Rules of the Game, and it’s set in the south of France and they’re Italian immigrants who’re working, who’re labourers working in the South of France. It’s very beautiful, kind of lyrical and very sad; a great Renoir movie. I don’t know if it’s seen that much anymore. It’s great,” the Rushmore director said.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?:“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, that’s another one I rewatched recently. When I first saw that movie it made me feel bad. I didn’t fall in love with it. I loved The Graduate when I first saw it, but [Virginia Woolf], I wasn’t excited by it, because it seemed like there was negativity about it. But when I watched it more recently I thought it was the most beautiful, inspired, exciting movie. Mike Nichols is one of the most inventive directors that we’ve had, and that’s one of the great, you know, it’s a great movie and a stunning first film,” the iconic director noted.
