The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Yes! This is the Wes I want. Characters that are super colourful and a truly original world. I’ve struggled with some of his recent films as I can’t find enough in the characters to care about them. But with this, the characters don’t share the artistic nihilism that is present in his other work. Obviously it looks gorgeous and there are multiple moments I can feel him subverting his symmetry staple and intentionally filling the frame in a more unconventional way for him. Cool. The sound design is great too. Really indulges in the texture a certain space can give to a voice. And also, whoever decided to cast Richard Ayoade in an Anderson film is one smart cookie.