Great news for film bros, Tilda Swinton, and those weird freaks of nature who can somehow make everything appear saccharinely quaint (looking at you, @cozykitsune) — Wes Anderson has finally transcended his status as every white person’s favorite director, landing the superlative of aesthetic TikTok’s favorite director, too.
Over the past several days, Anderson’s extensive (and weirdly symmetrical) filmography has become TikTok’s latest means of romanticizing our everyday lives — well, as much as one can in a bite-sized video clip designed for viral recognition. Set to the tune of Alexandre Desplat’s “Obituary” from 2021’s The French Dispatch, creators have started envisioning how their day-to-day lives would look if scored with quirky string music and relit in Anderson’s signature autumnal color palette.
“You better not be acting like you’re in a Wes Anderson film when I get there,” read the caption of one of these viral clips from long-known Anderson fan @avawillyums, depicting a train trip the shoreline east to Grand Central Station.
Garnering upwards of 2.1 million likes in its first week on the platform, several creators followed in @avawillyums’ footsteps by following in those of Anderson’s, reimagining their commutes, vacations, and even fishing trips in the style of the famed twee director.
“You better not act like you’re in a Wes Anderson film when we visit my family,” TikToker @keithafadi captioned his latest iteration of the trend, the newest of his several viral videos detailing his Anderson-esqe life complete with title cards and quaint visions of daily life.
Anderson has not yet replied for comment — though if he did, we likely wouldn’t hear for 7 to 10 days because he mailed his remarks on a set of vintage stationery dating back to 1972.
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