

Wes Anderson before he was a brand, just a guy obsessing over wallpaper.
Direction
Maysles' fly-on-wall access to controlled chaos.
Production
Watching Anderson micromanage the house that became a character.

Director
Albert Maysles
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Albert Maysles' final documentaries; he approached Anderson after being charmed by Rushmore, making this a collision of two radically different American auteurs.
You can literally watch the moment Anderson's aesthetic calcifies—the color palettes, the Futura, the dollhouse framing—before it became parody of itself.
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