Wes Anderson’s directing style is unique. The mixture of quirky artificiality and dry dialogue gives the films something very special. Anderson also has one for his latest film Asteroid City whole series of A-league actors around Scarlett Johansson to make his eccentric visions a reality. An entire city was built specifically for this purpose.
The sci-fi comedy will be available to stream as a subscription in Germany for the first time from March 2, 2024 – on WOW.
Beautiful sci-fi streaming: Asteroid City is a play on television in a film
That’s what it’s about: Asteroid City is told on multiple levels. The framework is a TV show in which a presenter (Bryan Cranston) is… Play Asteroid City told. The play was written by the fictional author Conrad Earp (Edward Norton). The story behind the creation of the play is shown one level below.
The play itself is decorated in bright colors that, together with the backdrop, make the 1950s tangible. In it, war photojournalist Augie Steenbeck (Jason Schwartzmann) and famous actress Midge Campbell (Scarlett Johansson) meet. Both are in Asteroid City for a Junior Stargazer Convention that their children are attending.
The city owes its name to a meteorite that fell to earth at this point. As a alien spaceship appears over the crater during the convention, things quickly spiral out of control.
Asteroid City was carved out of the desert as a wonderful backdrop
The combination of Anderson’s deadpan humor and his colorful and symmetrical images comes into its own particularly well in Asteroid City. After all, the backdrop was made specifically for the film near Madrid laced together. The region in the middle of Spain is desert-like, making it the perfect backdrop for the set, writes Focus Features.
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A colorful city with 50s flair was built for Asteroid City.
In addition, there are all the bright colors from the pastel palette, which give the feeling of the Ideal world facade from the 50s perfectly captured in America. As a thank you, there were numerous nominations for camera, production design and costumes. The actors were also nominated several times, especially Scarlett Johansson. Not only I, but also the critics were largely in favor of the film. For example, there was a 74 percent positive rating on RottenTomatoes. And the Metascore at Metacritic also has 74 out of 100 possible points.
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Wes Anderson once again assembles a voluminous star line-up
Anyone who takes an ignorant look at the film might think that a large part of Hollywood’s actors are treating themselves to a 1950s vacation together. The stars are on every corner of the town and play their roles, making it a real joy to watch.
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Asteroid City is star-studded, right down to the small supporting roles
In addition to stars like Scarlett Johansson and Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Adrien Brody, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Tony Revolori, Bryan Cranston and Margot Robbie also do the honors. Wes Anderson has done it again incredible star line-up in front of the camera, competing in a colorful setting.
Anyone who missed Asteroid City in the cinema last year can now stream the film for the first time in Germany on WOW.
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