Following a riot, which results in numerous deaths and even more injuries, Cadazio decides to remove the wall itself and have it airlifted to a private museum, never truly understanding the meaning of art. When Cadazio comes to the realization that his prized piece of art is stuck in the walls of the prison, he flips his lid, not because he doesn’t like the paintings, but because he believes he can never remove them and show them off to the world, which would prevent him from getting his glory. Over the course of this 30-some-odd-minute short film, Rosenthaler is transformed from a grimacing and suicidal alcoholic inmate (14 bottles of mouthwash in a week) to something of a celebrity, thanks in part to Cadazio (and his uncles/business partners played by Henry Winkler and Bob Balban), who fails to understand the pain or meaning behind the modern art and instead just being on the forefront of something new.Īs the short concludes, Cadazio organizes a showing of Rosenthaler’s latest, three-year project at the French prison. Berensen (Tilda Swinton) as she recounts how Moses Rosenthaler (Benicio del Toro) went from a convicted murderer serving 50 years in a French prison, to one of the most prolific and mysterious painters in the art world after fellow prisoner, Julien Cadazio (Adrien Brody), discovered his portrait of prison guard Simone (Léa Seydoux).
The first story featured in The French Dispatch, “The Concrete Jungle,” follows writer J.K.L.
(Image credit: Searchlight Pictures) What The Concrete Masterpiece Says About Modern Art As the film’s narrator says in the film’s opening, The French Dispatch is both a convoluted and practical ode to journalism and the modern world (or, at least, mid-Century France).
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Centered on the staff of a fictionalized version of The New Yorker - played by Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Elisabeth Moss, and more stars than there are in the sky - as they put together one final issue, the movie features a trio of well-written, well-staged, and expertly-acted short films in the form of articles about different moments in the history in the French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé told through the eyes of three of the newspaper’s most talented writers.īelow I will break down each of those three stories (as well as the overarching narrative thread that ties them all together), explore their meanings, and offer my own interpretations of The French Dispatch ending. For more shopping guides, check out decor tips to decorate your space like one of Anderson’s movies.Wes Anderson’s latest quirky and surprisingly poignant movie, The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, is finally out in theaters after what seems like years of trailers, teases, and rescheduled release dates. Below, find a roundup of Anderson’s films that you can buy on Blu-ray (nearly all of the films listed have been restored by The Criterion Collection, with the exception of “Isle of Dogs.”) IndieWire executive editor Eric Kohn ranked each of the director’s films here, and you can find out where to stream them all below. Now that “The French Dispatch” has an official release date of October 16, there’s no better way to pass the time than by brushing up on Anderson’s filmography.įrom Anderson’s 1996 debut, “Bottle Rocket,” to his most recent outing, the animated “Isle of Dogs,” there are nine films to revisit before his tenth feature hits screens. Wes Anderson’s first live-action film in six years “The French Dispatch,” was originally slated for release last summer but like just about everything in 2020, the film was delayed, as was the Cannes Film Festival where it officially premiered earlier this month.
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