Owen Wilson Is Doing His Own Wes Anderson Movies Now — Sans Wes Anderson
If Owen Wilson.
The trailer for The Royal Tenenbaums.
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Paint appears to be a throwback — not just to Ross’ The Joy of Painting, but to the joy of twee.
From the shot composition to the old-timey TV set to the — ahem — color palette, the Paint trailer could be easily compared to the 2000s-era Anderson movies that also starred Wilson. The ukulele music ties this aughts-evocative teaser together as we the days when vintage vinyl, craft beers and flannel shirts were the currency of artsy, movie-going white people — well, more than they are today.
Whether Paint director Brit McAdams intended to pay homage to Anderson in the shots from the trailer or if the similarity to Anderson’s work during the 2000s is simply the inevitable coincidence of making a nostalgic comedy about a quiet, quirky artist is unclear, but the trailer takes us back to the times when coffee shops were abuzz with adoration for Anderson and repetitions of Jon Stewart’s rips on the Bush istration.
If Bill Murray somehow makes an appearance in Paint, then they’ll have to pay Anderson royalties.
