Searchlight Pictures released the trailer for the new Wes Anderson movie (his 10th feature film) The French Dispatch, and based on the trailer, it is truly the most Wes Anderson film to date. The French Dispatch marks Anderson’s return to live-action movie territory since The Grand Budapest Hotel in 2016. His last movie was Isle of Dogs in 2018.
Already we can note distinctive features of Anderson’s style, such as the colour palette and the love of symmetry. Anderson brought in cinematographer Robert Yeoman to shoot the film, a man who has worked with Anderson on every one of his live-action movies. Broadly, The French Dispatch is a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine, published in a fictional 20th century French city.
It has 3 intersecting storylines: A student occupation protest, a narrative about an artist sentenced to life in prison, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef. The French Dispatch has a star-studded cast, with the likes of Bill Murray (of course), Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, Léa Seydoux, Jeffrey Wright, Owen Wilson and many more.
The film will release in cinemas July 24, 2020. Indiewire mentioned that the release date could hint at a possibility of the film premiering at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival first. Anderson hasn’t done a Cannes Film Festival debut since Moonrise Kingdom in 2012.
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