Thoughts over The French Dispatch- My first Wes Anderson movie

It is a spoiler free analysis:-

The French Dispatch is a great Wes Anderson movie and it is an extravagant love letter to the adventurous editors of our favorite trades like The New Yorker, LA Times, etc.The movie bursts with the seams of hand-crafted visual delight and great set production. Wes Anderson's dynamic direction,precise camera framing, expressive color movement. It is packed with visual delight through the work of cinematographer Robert Yeoman. It has a variety of effects to play with shifting aspect ratio,animation mediums etc.Wes Anderson fans will marvel at the wonders of Adam Stockhausen's production design and be amazed by it through its miniature sets and models.

The writing is quirky and intelligent at the same time. The story is about the narration of three short stories for the final issue of a Newspaper Agency called The French Dispatch an American agency set in France. The writing is whimsical in a fun way and adds flavor to the movie. The story is episodic in nature. It is a movie which is very fun to watch as it is a fast-paced delirious movie about a slow-changing world.

The stories are filled with different themes and it is used in different themes. The first story revolves around Moses Rosenthaler (Benicel Del Toro ) a genius artist facing a life sentence for homicide and his relationship with Simone (Lea Seydoux) and Adrien Brody plays Julian Cadazio, Moses's representation of the art world and it has a retro feel to it and it is whimsical in nature.

The second story is a whimsical pantomime of the student protests in Paris with Timothee Chalamet as Zeffirelli a moody personality played with a charming demeanor and Frances Mc Dormand as Lucinda Krement who is reporting this story and her objectivity and impartiality being questioned. Their relationship is the heart of the story and it is played as a romantic story in the background of liberal nationalism in France and it ends on a big BOOM! towards the end with a twist, I did not see coming. This was my favourite short story out of the three as it felt more relatable and personal to me than the other two.

The third story is full and rich in gags, animation, graphics, visual puns, still lifes. It shows the attempt by writer Roderick Wright (Jeffrey Wright) to profile a legendary chef named Neschieffer (Steve Park). It is played with the script being cheeky, vibrant and the credit goes to the writers for the script. The animation is my favorite part of the third story.

My problems with the movie are few but they glaringly remain. None of the characters give u a lasting impression as this is a story divided into three parts. The audience does not get a full character arc/exploration of a certain character which makes it is harder to invest in the characters. This movie is a bit self-indulgent and gets weirder at times for me. This movie could have grounded itself a bit to take itself a bit seriously. Wes Anderson makes it a big visual candy and goes bonkers with it but sometimes the boundaries help the story to be better.