December 2021

The French Dispatch: La Vie Littéraire

At top, iconoclastic French Dispatch editor Arthur Howitzer Jr. (Bill Murray) addresses his staff — Proofreader (Anjelica Bette Fellini) and copy editor Alumna (Elisabeth Moss). Unit photography by Roger Do Minh. Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. The eighth collaboration between director Wes Anderson and cinematographer Robert Yeoman, ASC, The French Dispatch is the latest step in a creative evolution that began in 1996 with the feature Bottle Rocket. The teaming yields increasingly ambitious results with each new outing, and their latest is presented as a series of magazine articles from the titular publication, brought to life onscreen. The story begins with the death of the fictional...more

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