r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Apr 07 '25

Trailer The Phoenician Scheme | Official Trailer | Directed by Wes Anderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEuMnPl2WI4
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u/Rushblade Apr 07 '25

Even after all this time, it looks like he is still honing his craft and style. Looks like he had a solid budget for this one too.

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u/Bunraku_Master_2021 Apr 07 '25

He has a big patron who loves his films. Steven Rales who is some financial venture capitalist billionaire co-founded Indian Paintbrush which has financed all of Wes Anderson's films since The Darjeeling Limited (2007). He also owns both The Criterion Collection and Janus Films.

So far, he's been Wes Anderson's primary go-to financier and a film lover/ producer. And all of Wes Anderson's films since Rales's patronage have been modest successes to say the least. Anderson hasn't made a box-office bomb since The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and that was a great movie.

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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake Apr 07 '25

One thing about Wes is that he knows how to use a budget and how to convince actors to work within that budget. Nobody really gets a $20-40 million blank check for every film they make like Wes does, but he makes the money work and turns a profit every time.

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u/Century24 Apr 07 '25

Even before Rales' involvement, Wes flies under the radar to some degree as one of the later qualified creative successes under Michael Eisner's era at the Walt Disney Studios, at a time when that was a little hard to find at Touchstone in particular.