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iammyownrushmore · 3771 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Grand Budapest Hotel - Discussion Thread
I think Wes Anderson is able to do an interesting thing with his actors, he renders them as simultaneously bludgeoning agents of particular worldviews, but also allows them to be completely unique forces of their own. Murray typically is a sardonic, flat-affected individual with odd motivations when he is more of the focus, but otherwise he is present in all of Anderson's films, even if just to be there. I think this indicates more of the bottom line of Anderson's films: Style above all else. Murray needs to be in it because 1) this is a Wes Anderson film and 2) Bill Murray is amongst the things required for an Anderson film to retain the over-arching aesthetics he demands from his work