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THE MAX FISCHER PLAYERS PRESENT… (WES ANDERSON, 1999)

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In Wes Anderson‘s Rushmore, Jason Schwartzmann‘s character (Max Fischer) directs incredible high-school plays based on famous movies.

When the film was released, MTV asked Anderson to direct short skits based on some of the nominated films of that year (in that case The Truman show, Armaggedon and Out of sight) with the same cast and the same soundtrack (Mark Mothersbaugh‘s score & The Creation‘s Making time).

It almost acts as a spin-off of the movie and was featured as such in its Criterion’s DVD edition.

FULLY FLARED / THE PEOPLE TREE (another excuse to talk about Spike Jonze and stuff)

We’ve done the where the wild things are stuff already. So just enjoy Spike Jonze doing his Michael Bay in the credits for the fully flared skate video…

The illustration above is from Marcel Dzama, who collaborated with Jonze on an animated short about the movie for the latest issue of Wholphin. If you like his style, he made this music video for N.A.S.A. (featuring Jonze’s brother, Squeak E Clean) with Syd Garon :