“While the film’s cast is a long list of recognizable names (Tilda Swinton, Benicio Del Toro, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright) one of its biggest stars is the city, showcased in a tour that makes up one of the segments. Rather than creating multiple town exteriors on a backlot, the filmmakers found a real French town, Angoulême, and used it as the movie’s beating heart, dressing it up or down as needed.” — The New York Times
Wes Anderson and his crew for "The French Dispatch" transformed the city of 42,000 into 125 different individual sets including a former knitting factory, which it was able to successfully reshape into a multipurpose studio space complete with a carpentry mill and three stages.
Anderson’s movies are well known for their bespoke and inspirational designs. The 52-year-old Francophile has also teamed with none other than Rem Koolhaas on the design of a bar featured in OMA’s plan for the Fondazione Prada that was completed in 2015.
The film, set to be released on October 22, was in part inspired by the work of cultural journalists like Rosamond Bernier. The New York Times has a view of the overhauled town here.
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