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November 13, 2013

Spotlight: Wes Anderson


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Editors' Notes

Giada Colagrande in a film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

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Editors' Notes

A film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Image courtesy of Prada

Editors' Notes

A film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Image courtesy of Prada

Editors' Notes

Jason Schwartzman in a film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Image courtesy of Prada

Editors' Notes

Jason Schwartzman in a film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Image courtesy of Prada

Editors' Notes

A film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Image courtesy of Prada

Editors' Notes

Jason Schwartzman in a film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Image courtesy of Prada

Editors' Notes

Jason Schwartzman in a film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Image courtesy of Prada

Editors' Notes

Giada Colagrande in a film still from Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Image courtesy of Prada

Editors' Notes

A movie poster for Wes Anderson's eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.

Filmmaker Wes Anderson is known for assembling little worlds filled with meticulous details—luggage sets, tracksuits, knee socks, telescopes, backpacks. Nothing enters the camera frame that hasn’t been pondered over and conjured up from a seemingly endless trove of vintage ephemera. Now, the creator of The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, and Moonrise Kingdom has turned his lenses on an Italian auto race that takes place in 1955. The eight-minute short, Castello Cavalcanti, created in collaboration with Prada, stars Jason Schwartzman as a hapless fast-talking racecar driver who finds himself in the piazza of a quaint Italian town. The film, part of the Prada Classics project, follows a 2012 short movie, A Therapy, shot by Roman Polanski, and Castello Cavalcanti had its debut on Wednesday, November 13 at the Rome Film Festival. Schwartzman’s character, drawn in by a dark-haired waitress (Giada Colagrande) and a group of older men drinking wine, finds himself skipping the bus home and tucking into a bowl of spaghetti with the townsfolk. Each scene is brilliantly constructed and decorated with details emblematic of the ’50s including neon signs, Formica countertops, rotary phones, and Anderson’s trademark mustard yellows and tomato reds. Cinematographer Darius Khondji brings the rich details to life, and Anderson adds another idyllic time capsule to his collection.

By Elizabeth Varnell

 

Pictured: Jason Schwartzman in a film still from Wes Anderson’s eight-minute short for Prada, Castello Cavalcanti.
Image courtesy of Prada

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