Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston and Edgar Wright are among the many performers ofAsteroid City by Wes Anderson, discovered at the last Cannes Film Festival.
The director of isle of dogs And The French Dispatch gathered a motley crew of stars to corner them in a small town lost in the desert for a conference on astronomy for gifted children.
A few scenes for each of the stars
But what is Wes Anderson’s secret for having so many stars in his films? “It’s to only have them play in a few scenes, explains the director to 20 minutes. Filming with me only takes them a short time, so the stars are less hesitant to say yes to me. »
The filmmaker is too modest: the brevity of their appearance is not the only thing that attracts the big names of the 7th art in his universe. The cool side of the filming and the place chosen as well.
A part of childhood
“We had built all the sets forAsteroid City in Spain, insists Wes Anderson. It’s a way of immersing my American performers in a world outside of their usual lives and everyone loves it. »
And this all the more so as an extraterrestrial is part of the adventure. “I have a very precise approach to my films and their aesthetics, insists Wes Anderson. I like the idea that the spectators are totally disoriented in an America of the 1950s that I fantasized. »
Colors as acidic as its soundtrack make this magical tale as attractive for adults as for the youngest.
Nuclear explosions, delirious theatre, budding romances and state secrets are on the menu of a bittersweet work on which the filmmaker has left his inimitable mark. “For me, the cinema is a way of preserving a part of childhood”, he admits. We are always so happy that he makes us enjoy it.