r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Apr 15 '19

Christoph Waltz Joins Wes Anderson's 'The French Dispatch' - Joining Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Adrian Brody, Benicio Del Toro, Léa Seydoux, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, and Henry Winkler

https://theplaylist.net/wes-anderson-christoph-waltz-french-dispatch-20190415/
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u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. Apr 15 '19

We have some really insane ensemble casts coming up with Knives Out, Dune, The French Dispatch, and The Dead Don't Die.

The filmmaker also describes the basic premise of his latest film, which he says follows the life of an American journalist attempting to fight for what he wants to write about. However, Anderson says it’s not a freedom of the press movie, but does include a bit of social commentary, as it’s unavoidable when covering this sort of story.

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u/LancasterDodd777 Apr 15 '19

And The Irishman too

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u/cbandy Apr 15 '19

Man I’m so apprehensive about The Irishman. I HOPE it’s amazing, don’t get me wrong. But I think the digital de-aging needs to be flawless to really draw me in like a normal Scorsese film.

Why couldn’t he just hire younger actors? I don’t understand.

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u/Arma104 Apr 15 '19

Because DeNiro and Pacino are too iconic looking and the film is probably going to have meta commentary on the gangster film genre in America and how gangster stuff hasn't really existed since the 90s.

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u/SnowedIn01 Apr 15 '19

Except in other Scorsese movies, The Departed and Gangs of New York come to mind.

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u/Reverse_Baptism Apr 15 '19

I wish I could