“ Anderson told me that he and his screenwriting collaborator, Owen Wilson, conceived Rushmore hero Max Fischer as Charlie Brown plus Snoopy.”
The Substance of Style, Pt 1- Moving Image Source
Wes Anderson and his pantheon of heroes (Schulz, Welles, Truffaut). First in a five part series.
Well-written and well-researched retrospective of Wes Anderson’s work. There’s a video link if you’ve got the time.
True story- when I was in high school, my mom saw a classified advertisement in the USA Today looking for somebody to play the role of Max Fischer in Rushmore. We decided to put together an application, despite my lack of theatrical experience, because it sounded fun. I think we ended up getting in an argument about whether I needed a haircut before I sent in a headshot with my application. We never sent in the application. I got a haircut.
Source: movingimagesource.us
