To paraphrase the famous historical father figure, I come to psychoanalysis Wes Anderson's filmsNot Anderson himself. To put a mild, Anderson's films are complemented by dad topics. From Royal Tenenbaum to Steve Zisu to the fantastic M -Fox, Anderson's filmography is full of troubled patriarchs. However, it would be incorrect to label these characters as completely bad people, for each of them there is a journey to take it, teaching them how to be better fathers, better leaders and most of all, better men. While the troubled patriarch is Anderson's trophy just like color suits and diorama -like sets, the director has found different ways to play around with the archetype than always display it directly. For example, "Darjeling Limited" is noticeable that her father's figure (allegedly) has never been seen, "the Grand Budapest Hotel has a hotel console that acts as a father to replace his Bellevo, and the" French dispatcher "replaces the biological father.

That last character is played by Anderson's longtime member of Anderson's acting troupe, Murray and more than any other Anderson regularly, his performances tend to carry the most symbolic weight in each of the director's films. Of wit, his absence from an "asteroid city" (Due to Covid-19 scheduled scheduled) And "the wonderful story of Henry Sugar" makes every movie feel like missing a key element more than, say, their lack of Owen Wilson. Finally, after the absence of two films, Murray returned to the Anderson Ensemble this month "The Phenic Scheme", "" Although in the role of Kimo. However, as with all Murray's performances in Anderson's films, this is no small role. For while the "Phoenician Scheme" has a return to the true troubled patriarch character in the form of Benissio Del Toro Corde, the film is used by Murray in a way that both deepen the theme of this film, as well as summarizes all its roles in the cinema.

The "Phoenician Scheme" shows that the corda has visions of the afterlife because of numerous attempts to assassinate his life, resulting in at least one, if not several experiences of almost death. Whether the corda just hallucinates these visions of Bergman-Moem-Pauel and Prosburger in the sky or predicts (or remembers) his true experiences there is beside the point, for these scenes serving to illustrate the character (and audience) a mistake in his ways, what he should lose. In one scene, the Corda introduces God, played by Bill Murray, a character who is apotheosis (intended for punishment) and on the scenes of the afterlife in this film, as well as Murray's performances in Anderson's previous films. To be sure, Anderson is not trying directly Kevin Smith Review of Askeniers Shenanigi here - God of Murray is not intended to literally be God in Anderson's common universe. However, thematically, this is the effect it has.

This is because there is a resonance in the types of characters Murray played for Anderson, as well as his relationship with Anderson in real life. During Anderson's films, Murray occasionally played the literal troubled Patriarch (with "Life Water" and "The Kingdom of the Moon" the clearest examples of such), but even in his other roles of different size, he had a measurable patriarchal impact on the characters. Clive Bader in "Fantastic Mr Fox" distributes wisdom, Herman Bloom provides Max Alternative "Cool Dad" to his true father in "Rushmore", M. Ivan helps to look for the Grand Budapest Hotel and so on. Regardless of the capacity it appears, Murray's presence in Anderson's films tends to have waves stretching throughout the film.

Meanwhile, Wes Anderson himself considers Murray a close relationship. As he explained in an interview with This piece of Murray's allegedly bad behavior on another movie in 2023, the actor occupies an almost religious space in his life:

"Bill has been such a great supporter of me from the beginning. I don't want to talk about someone's experience, but he's really part of my family. You know, he's my daughter's godfather. In fact, he actually baptized her. He's the one who scattered the water."

With all this, who else could be God in Anderson's universe, but was Murray? In "Phenicism", God gives Murray a few cryptic tips before making him play the game "The point in which hand holds something in it", which the corda loses, of course. Murray as God is the perfect capsulation of Anderson's art: a mixture of intelligence and heat, a strict exterior that gives a way of irreversibility. Even throwing Murray as the Lord is motionless by itself, Anderson's response to Murray's mix of sarcasm and sphinx, quality that led to Woody Harrelson, Talahasi, who opposed the actor at Zombiland. Murray will undoubtedly continue to work with Anderson until the end of his days, but this role may be his most important look in all Anderson's films.