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Sharmila Tagore on meeting Wes Anderson at the 78th Cannes Film Festival screening of her 1970 film Aranyer Din Ratri; essaying some of Satyajit Ray’s strong women characters on screen; working with two Bengali stars Soumitra Chatterjee & Uttam Kumar; & balancing Bengali cinema with Bollywood.
Wes Anderson captivated the audience at this year’s Cannes Film Festival with his latest film The Phoenician Scheme, which was met with a rousing 6.5-minute standing ovation.
From films where the story was the hero to all-star juggernauts, is the ensemble movie now key to box office success?
Wes Anderson’s latest film has all of his trademark touches, a meta sense of humour, and that screwball undertone. Unfortunately, it can also, at times, be full of itself.
Candy colour-saturated viral Instagram video montages not just pay homage to Wes Anderson’s cinema, but also to his love for Indian design aesthetics and Satyajit Ray’s movies.
A Cannes launch can be awfully expensive for a studio to bankroll, since the airfare, star entourages and five-star hotels alone all add up. Still, the return on investment can be major.
Wes Anderson has been praised for his attention to detail and his ability to create a cohesive world that feels both familiar and strange at the same time.
Screenwriter Tony Kushner got a kiss and a hug, actor Hugh Jackman found his first Oscar nomination "a bit surreal," and singer Adele felt a bit like screen legend Meryl Streep.
