How was such a precise filmmaker able to pull off two films in a single year?

“It’s not a feature film,” Anderson said.

“It’s like 37 minutes or something.

Wes Anderson at the New York premiere of ‘Asteroid City’

Wes Anderson at the New York premiere of ‘Asteroid City’.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

They were one-hour programs or even less.

I kind of envisioned something like that.”

Anderson previously adapted Dahl with the 2009 stop-motion masterpieceFantastic Mr. Fox.

But it took him some time to figure out his approach.

“Focus and Universal are doing it the real cinema way.

That’s the way I really want my movies to be shown.”

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