There may as well be an old British Invasion song playing over it
November 4, 2013 5:54 PM Subscribe
Wes Anderson makes the most Wes Andersony things. That's kind of the point.
posted by The Whelk at 6:14 PM on November 4, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 6:14 PM on November 4, 2013 [3 favorites]
Why yes, I'd be fascinated to hear what you hate about Wes Anderson, how novel.
posted by thelonius at 6:16 PM on November 4, 2013 [8 favorites]
posted by thelonius at 6:16 PM on November 4, 2013 [8 favorites]
What a strange, snippy, space-filling bullying couple of paragraphs about nothing.
posted by jscott at 6:33 PM on November 4, 2013 [8 favorites]
posted by jscott at 6:33 PM on November 4, 2013 [8 favorites]
I like his editorial mind. All of the corrections, additions and adjusted nuances. That is exactly what I do but I use a computer so it never shows. But the handwriting is, admittedly, a tad disturbing...
posted by jim in austin at 6:35 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by jim in austin at 6:35 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Why yes, I'd be fascinated to hear what you hate about Wes Anderson, how novel.
Okay! His pretensions of immersing himself around a mid-century childhood aesthetic ideal that is a transparent and shallow put-on at best and kind of creepy at worst! Oh, that was rhetorical wasn't it. I like his movies when Kumar is in them. RIP Kumar.
posted by naju at 6:40 PM on November 4, 2013 [3 favorites]
Okay! His pretensions of immersing himself around a mid-century childhood aesthetic ideal that is a transparent and shallow put-on at best and kind of creepy at worst! Oh, that was rhetorical wasn't it. I like his movies when Kumar is in them. RIP Kumar.
posted by naju at 6:40 PM on November 4, 2013 [3 favorites]
Fifteen years ago, writing a letter on paper with block-printed handwriting wasn't exactly "old-fashioned" or "faux-naïve," it was just how people communicated. Of course there was an aesthetic choice involved, but he understood that Brooks would probably read and enjoy a handwritten letter more than a typewritten one.
posted by Harvey Kilobit at 6:43 PM on November 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Harvey Kilobit at 6:43 PM on November 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
SO MANY CARETS. If you're going to edit your letter that much, just write a new letter! I suppose it's part of the intended charm, but I don't know if it's successful.
I do like that he used "Love," as the sign-off. I suppose it's another part of his faux-childishness, but it's not annoying because it also feels sincere.
posted by mokin at 6:45 PM on November 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
I do like that he used "Love," as the sign-off. I suppose it's another part of his faux-childishness, but it's not annoying because it also feels sincere.
posted by mokin at 6:45 PM on November 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
Wes Anderson's next film is going to be CGI, but he's going to use a PDP-10 to do all the rendering.
posted by hellojed at 7:08 PM on November 4, 2013 [8 favorites]
posted by hellojed at 7:08 PM on November 4, 2013 [8 favorites]
At first. I thought those notes had been written by David Shrigley. (He has previouslies on the blue, but they're mostly old and broken...)
posted by Devonian at 7:11 PM on November 4, 2013
posted by Devonian at 7:11 PM on November 4, 2013
/puts on Life Aquatic tune and takes minisub down to the bottom of the thread to look for Jaguar Snarks.
posted by Artw at 7:11 PM on November 4, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by Artw at 7:11 PM on November 4, 2013 [6 favorites]
Fifteen years ago, writing a letter on paper with block-printed handwriting wasn't exactly "old-fashioned" or "faux-naïve," it was just how people communicated.
This is very true. I wrote a lot of similar letters (and have kind of a similar block print, so it's odd to see it deemed "crazy." But a certain point, when you look over it and see how many corrections/additions you have made with editing marks, you decide to call this one a draft and just rewrite the thing. It is interesting that he didn't, and had the instinct to preserve the editorial trail even then. I think it does speak to a deeper aesthetic - one that speaks to multiple perspectives, nuance, revision and the anxious aim for perfection.
posted by Miko at 7:28 PM on November 4, 2013
This is very true. I wrote a lot of similar letters (and have kind of a similar block print, so it's odd to see it deemed "crazy." But a certain point, when you look over it and see how many corrections/additions you have made with editing marks, you decide to call this one a draft and just rewrite the thing. It is interesting that he didn't, and had the instinct to preserve the editorial trail even then. I think it does speak to a deeper aesthetic - one that speaks to multiple perspectives, nuance, revision and the anxious aim for perfection.
posted by Miko at 7:28 PM on November 4, 2013
Dear Wes Anderson,
Thank you very, very much for making lovely movies that make me happy to be a human being.
Love, Dr. Zira
P.S. I think Vince Mancini is sad. Is it because he couldn't save Latin?
P.P.S. Bill Murray really knows how to pull off madras.
posted by Dr. Zira at 7:39 PM on November 4, 2013 [5 favorites]
Thank you very, very much for making lovely movies that make me happy to be a human being.
Love, Dr. Zira
P.S. I think Vince Mancini is sad. Is it because he couldn't save Latin?
P.P.S. Bill Murray really knows how to pull off madras.
posted by Dr. Zira at 7:39 PM on November 4, 2013 [5 favorites]
More than anything, it reads like he was channeling the voice and penmanship of Dignan, Owen Wilson's character from Bottle Rocket.
posted by Atom Eyes at 8:10 PM on November 4, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by Atom Eyes at 8:10 PM on November 4, 2013 [4 favorites]
Fifteen years ago, writing a letter on paper with block-printed handwriting wasn't exactly "old-fashioned" or "faux-naïve," it was just how people communicated.
15 years ago was 1998. I communicated via email and AIM. Are you sure you didn't mean 25 years ago?
posted by empath at 9:26 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
15 years ago was 1998. I communicated via email and AIM. Are you sure you didn't mean 25 years ago?
posted by empath at 9:26 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Yes, AIM and ICQ sound exactly like things Wes Anderson would enjoy using.
posted by Brocktoon at 9:38 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Brocktoon at 9:38 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
I could easily see someone who's a little adhd writing like that and not starting a new letter from scratch because the second would wind up worse. I'm not saying that's Wes Anderson's deal, but there are reasons beyond affectation for writing like that.
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:41 PM on November 4, 2013
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:41 PM on November 4, 2013
Dinky-dinky-dink-dink...
posted by Artw at 10:08 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 10:08 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Yes, AIM and ICQ sound exactly like things Wes Anderson would enjoy using.
Obviously, he doesn't, but it was as much an affectation in 1998 as it would be now.
posted by empath at 10:10 PM on November 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
Obviously, he doesn't, but it was as much an affectation in 1998 as it would be now.
posted by empath at 10:10 PM on November 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
15 years ago was 1998. I communicated via email and AIM. Are you sure you didn't mean 25 years ago?
I used email by then too, but I was still sending and receiving a lot of mail, especially with people for whom snail mail had been their habit for decades. Email wasn't all that widely adopted by then - the total number of users was probably still under 20 million, I'd guess. In 1998 it wasn't even that common to have your own computer workstation at work.
posted by Miko at 5:51 AM on November 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
I used email by then too, but I was still sending and receiving a lot of mail, especially with people for whom snail mail had been their habit for decades. Email wasn't all that widely adopted by then - the total number of users was probably still under 20 million, I'd guess. In 1998 it wasn't even that common to have your own computer workstation at work.
posted by Miko at 5:51 AM on November 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
I bought my girlfriend a portable typewriter a few weeks ago, and since then she has been happily typing letters to friends on illustrated pieces of paper.
Sometimes affectations are just people having fun.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 5:59 AM on November 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
Sometimes affectations are just people having fun.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 5:59 AM on November 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
Not to mention, I still write handwritten notes, especiallly thank you ones.
posted by Miko at 6:01 AM on November 5, 2013
posted by Miko at 6:01 AM on November 5, 2013
You enjoy things I do not, let me tell you why you are wrong.
posted by Mick at 7:15 AM on November 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Mick at 7:15 AM on November 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
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But if all the best lines are in that trailer, I shall stamp my footy-foot foot so HARD...
(Has The Whelk been informed?)
posted by Devonian at 6:03 PM on November 4, 2013