Humpday Diversion: The (Fictional) Wes Anderson Film Festival

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on May 13, 2009 8:00PM

Okay, so there's not really a Wes Anderson film festival. But if there was? This would be the best preview we could think of.

So what gives? According to Cinematical (where we found the trailer):

Film school students Alex Cornell and Phil Mills were given an assignment to shoot a commercial for a fictional film festival, and they had the freedom to do whatever so long as their commercial promoted the fictional film festival and stayed true to their brand. I'll let Alex take over from here (from his blog post): "There were a multitude of directions this could take; we thought the most fun way would be to shoot a Royal Tenenbaums-esque short, and then just throw as much craziness as we could at it. Phil plays T. Allen Fenway, a fictional character we made up to live in our Wes Anderson film festival world. We wanted it to remind you of Wes Anderson, make you laugh, and eventually turn you on to the festival. The 3rd person narrator, use of Futura Bold for all titles, extravagant setting, and full blown randomness were all utilized to aid in conjuring this look and feel."

Thanks, Lauren!