Movieline Inbox: Wes Anderson's Directing E-Mails to the Fantastic Mr. Fox Set
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From: Wes Anderson (email redacted)
To: Animation (email redacted)
Date: Tues, April 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Subject: Set visit???
Clooney's assistant tells me he's making a set visit right now? Why am I last to know? Find George and hand him the Blackberry, would you?
George? Hey! Sorry I missed you. Did anyone tell me? (Double-check with Steve.) I would've hopped across the Channel and been there. Anyway, things are going great, have a look around. Oh, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. (Ha.) But really, don't. I know how you'll think it's hilarious to move a whisker out of place, but that sh*t takes HOURS to correct.
Drop by Paris before heading back to the States, yes?
OK, give the Berry back to Mark.
Mark-- DON'T LET HIM TOUCH ANYTHING.
w.
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From: Wes Anderson (email redacted)
To: Animation (email redacted)
Cc: Fox Publicity (email redacted)
Date: Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Subject: LAT reporter
Attach: newcrinkle5.mov
The LA Times is doing a story. We're coordinating with Publicity. If possible, can we not mention the "directing from Paris" stuff? First, I'm not "directing from Paris," I'm directing. It makes me sound like I'm not "present," and while I'm not actually "present-present," I'm certainly single-present. We all know that. You, especially, know that. (Haha.) But I fear our (very successful, I think! Yes?) arrangement might not play in the media. People don't know how things actually work. Thanks, appreciate this.
w.
PS -- One last (I hope) crinkle note. Found that we'll get the best possible result if one animator presses his left fingertips into the Saran Wrap, while a SECOND animator uses his RIGHT fingertips to sort of make a crinkling-plus-gentle-plucking motion. Jean (the waiter at the cafe, they love me here) and I have perfected this. (Video attached.) It reads exactly as water. Haha, I'm a sociopath, I know. Blame the OCD. Don't actually have OCD. Maybe Acute Perfectionism Disorder. Say nice things to the reporter! I know you will. See you at the junket.
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Comments
wow.
Nightmare! The only thing a director is required to do is to "be there" and show up on the set. It's their job! This guy can't even be bothered do that? Oh, it's "too tedious!" It's animation! That's the job!
Directors are out of control in general. Ego gone amok, auteur theory gone haywire. If he wanted perfection, he should have been there when they were shooting it. Otherwise "giving notes" is not really "directing." Otherwise all movie executives would be "directors!" We know that isn't true.
Perhaps he couldn't step on English soil, for fear of the Brits "Pulling a Polanski" on him for raping the British Invasion in all his soundtracks.
Big words from Anonymous.
Well played, Monsieur.
Harsh judgment from John M.
Signed,
SunnyDaze
(which is my legal name. Wanna see my social security card?)
You must have LifeLock.
strong words from people who don't read the tag that says "fake correspondence."
Yes; I thought it funny that people over looked where it says that MovieLine "fastidiously imagined" these emeails; funny nonetheless.