It’sWes Andersonweek at EW!
“There were no easy days on that film.”
“By the time we get to shooting, we know pretty much exactly what the shots will be.
‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou’ (2004).Philippe Antonello/Touchstone
Still, he adds, “Everyone was pretty clear [on] what the shark would look like.
One crucial element that could be incorporated in camera, so to speak, was the music.
There might be five or six people there, and everybody else is somewhere else.
The jaguar shark emerges from the deep in ‘The Life Aquatic’.Touchstone Pictures
He doesn’t want any distractions for the actors, particularly in a scene that’s emotional like that.
It all helped cultivate an environment where everyone felt appropriately vulnerable.
“I felt like it was a perfect culmination of all that had happened up to that point.”
