Dawson recalled that Anderson suggested grabbing lunch at the cafe. While in Angoulême, they came across a plaza with a small cafe. Then they hit the road to visit a few of them.
One of the film’s producers, Jeremy Dawson, said that Anderson was looking for a place “with nooks and crannies, corridors, passages, staircases, layers and ramparts.” The filmmakers began their scouting search on Google, digitally navigating the streets of towns that might fit the bill. 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. 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. (Bill Murray), the magazine is planning its final issue, and the four stories each get their own dramatization in the film. With the death of its longtime editor, Arthur Howitzer Jr.
22, focuses on an American magazine that is published in the fictional French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé (the name of which is a perfect Andersonian touch). The movie, which is scheduled to be released in theaters on Oct. It is heavily peppered with distinct, fussed-over design elements that both celebrate and heighten its French aesthetic. “ The French Dispatch” is Anderson’s ode to journalism, French cinema and the magic found while winding through the country’s cobblestone streets. What happens when you combine the cinema of Wes Anderson with a charming, historic French city? You get a stylized version of France that highlights the director’s whimsical passions - like centuries-old buildings reframed in symmetric picture-book ways and neighborhoods accented with quaint and colorful accessories.
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