<p>Both have explored prep school/preppie life in one or more of their films. Most people will know Wes Anderson as the director of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Whit Stillman has only made 4 films, but remains a great auteur, IMO. He's referenced in a recent post on wardrobe in the "Parents" sub forum.</p>
<p>Here's a link to the trailer for the new Wes Anderson film "Moonrise Kingdom":
Moonrise</a> Kingdom Official Trailer #1 - Wes Anderson Movie (2012) HD - YouTube</p>
<p>Funny thing, moonrise kingdom came out on my birthday. I have watched all Wes Anderson’s Movies. My favorite being the Royal Tenenbaums and my least favorite being The Darjeeling Limited.</p>
<p>So did you see Grand Budapest Hotel? I loved the little action figures in the skiing chase scenes. It is definitely one you have to see more than once. You get caught up in trying to find the actors that appear in all of his movies. By the way, do you know on which BS Rushmore is based? Did Wes Anderson attend a BS? I was just curious. When we were at Exeter in the AO they had books written by alums but no “A Separate Peace” by Knowles. Our guide told us that the tree still exists and is by the river.</p>
<p>I have not yet seen GBH. The R rating makes it tricky for my wife and I to make time to go without the 13 year old (because, yeah, we are those sorts of parents).</p>
<p>Ok, I saw Grand Budapest and I am trying to figure out what part could have merited a R rating? All the action is stylized. There was definitely a limited use of profanity because after all the character was in the service industry. Maybe there was the scenes of him with his women? Well I hope you get to see it before it leaves theaters. So do you have any idea about the BS in Rushmore?</p>
<p>Well a quick search of Wiki on Wes Anderson reveals it was St. Johns school in Houston, TX. This is not a BS but has had many distinguished alumni. It also served as the location for filming of Rushmore. If you have not found it already you should check out the site Rushmore Academy. Many interesting montages for true Wes Anderson fans.</p>
<p>I’m a Wes Anderson lunatic and Rushmore is my favorite (was my “gateway drug” to Wes Anderson films). Even have the book that was put out last year.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, btw. Despite my fandom, I had never been to that site. As if I need another productivity killer.</p>
<p>I just recalled the scene that probably gave it the R rating. It was totally superfluous to the plot and I could have done without it. I wish more modern day filmmakers would just leave things to our imaginations. I love Ralph Fiennes and feel he should have won the academy for “Quiz Show” but I digress. Funny, given your avatar I would have thought that you have more than just the 13 yo. You mention two others who went through the BS process so I thought you have five more to come.</p>
<p>@grx567: The name is a nod to a hobby of mine, not the number of offspring. We have two kids: One older daughter, a junior at St. Andrews’s (DE) and the 8th grader who just went through the process.</p>
<p>One thing we’ve laughed about as a family is how in older movies (like the Sean Connery James Bond films), the camera pans to a bedside plant or nightstand before things get too explicit.</p>
<p>Yes I love that because I recall seeing a movie where Clint Eastwood plays a reporter who gets tricked into thinking that an inmate on death row is actually innocent. I forget the movie name but that is irrelevant. There is a scene where he beds a much younger actress and they show Clint without his shirt. The premise that a dissolute reporter good still bed a “pretty young thing” was ridiculous but the scene just turned my stomach. I could barely sit through the rest of the movie and it destroyed my image of Clint. It also brought to mind the scene in “Harold and Maude” where the preacher starts off by describing their conjugal relations. “Young flesh pressed against old wrinkled etc.” If you ever saw the movie you would be rolling in the aisle. The filmmaker didn’t have to show the scene. I also love the way the great filmmakers would use imagery to suggest the action. I am thinking of one of the final scenes with Cary Grant and Eva St Marie. They are in the train cabin and the train enters the train tunnel. </p>
<p>Yep, I’m a fan of both and have seen all the movies. We just saw GBH a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it. I just love the deadpan delivery of the ludicrous in all of these movies and, of course, Ralph Fiennes is always fabulous.</p>
<p>Stillman’s latest (Damsels In Distress) was flat, IMO.</p>
<p>“Metropolitan” on the other hand. My wife and I used to watch that EVERY holiday season, usually while wrapping gifts.</p>
<p>I’ve always wanted them to put on Stillman’s first three movies as plays in his beloved NYC.</p>
<p>Finally got around to seeing Grand Budapest. While I enjoyed it, I can’t say it was my favorite Wes Anderson film…</p>
<p>GBH was a little too weird for me. The unexpected bits of violence turned me off, also.</p>
<p>I think that Fantastic Mr. Fox was one for my favorites. I can’t look at Clooney anymore without thinking of Mr. Fox. His cameo in GBH flew by me because I missed it. I kept looking at the emblem on Henckel’s hat and thinking “Where have I seen that symbol”? It is getting to the point that you have to read about the “Easter eggs” beforehand. I am not sure that is the term used to describe the things that a filmmaker embeds in a series of movies. The term is used to describe the “Cornetto” series with Simon Pegg. Anderson uses a recurring cast of actors but they are not reprising the same characters as in the “Cornetto” series so I am not sure the term applies to Anderson movies. A lot of the violence like the chase scene was stylized but some of it was graphic. I like the way Anderson portrayed all hotel concierges as a secret society of their own. Will make me wonder next time I check into a hotel with a concierge.</p>