Some things are just funny. We know that.

15 November 2024

Hi friends,

It’s probably fortunate that there are so many ways to make people laugh: slapstick and sarcasm, mimicry and absurdity. My personal favorite is absurdity.

Here’s someone who makes me laugh, always: Wes Anderson, a Texas-born indie filmmaker who’s a master of funny, I’d say. He’s won piles of awards and nominations for his movies. Are any of you already fans?

These trailers for Asteroid City and Darjeeling Limited are a little taste of what he does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FXCSXuGTF4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2R7O2IlndM

It says something that Wes Anderson’s films are often quite profitable — not a sure thing for indie filmmakers — and probably he deserves that. His approach to the whole filmmaking process is unique. There’s a very humane, kindly core to his stories and a striking aesthetic to his filmmaking.

But what’s best of all, I think, is the way his movies poke fun at the things about our current “civilization” that make no sense. The false information, poses, clichés, contradictions and stereotypes — and especially the familiar human oddities — become laughable and lovable.

For more on Wes, you can go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson