I bought this during the last Criterion Collection sale and thank god I did. It is really a majestic work of art. It seems impossible that they were able to make this. It’s beautiful and feels like it took an impossible amount of hours to accomplish. Even so, Wes Anderson has gotten even better with his stop motion animation. This was the last Wes Anderson feature film I needed to see in order to see his whole filmography (although I have only seen like 3/4s of BOTTLE ROCKET). I thought the premise of this way different than what it ended up being, especially the first half of the film is a heist film. Fox dresses exactly like Anderson and I feel like he must have had an amazing time with the design on it. I loved the voice work by both Jason Schwartzman, Wally Wolodarsky (the guy who was the basis of Otto in THE SIMPSONS), and Willem Dafoe — I didn’t even recognize Dafoe’s voice.. Additionally the casting of George Clooney is pitch perfect as it harkens back to his role of Danny Ocean in the OCEAN’S ELEVEN films.
