Centered

I’m rewatching The Life Aquatic right now—Bill Murray doing his thing, Owen Wilson doing his thing, Robyn Cohen always half-naked in the scenes she’s in. I never get tired of Wes Anderson.

Kogonada made a video breaking it down, showing what makes Anderson actually work. He’s a fetishist for centered framing, Kogonada shows—every shot lined up down the middle, the camera staring straight at the center of the world. Over and over. It sounds weird when you’re describing it, but watch the video and it clicks. No fancy camera moves, no elaborate tricks. Just an obsessive commitment to symmetry, and somehow that’s the whole point.