Wes Anderson on His Netflix Short, Cannes Bus and Disastrous Reaction to First Movie: ‘That Changed Me’
variety.comLise Pedersen Lyon’s impressive Roman-style auditorium, normally used by the city’s symphonic orchestra, was sold out as U.S.
writer and director Wes Anderson took to the stage as guest of honor of the Lumière Film Festival. Mid-way through his conversation with festival director Thierry Frémaux, the crowd gathered in the massive 2,000-seat venue was treated to a screening of one of Anderson’s new Roald Dahl adaptations, the short film “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” The story of a rich man who sets out to master an extraordinary skill to cheat at gambling, it is one of four Dahl stories recently adapted by Anderson for Netflix, which acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC), that manages the rights to the late British author’s works, from back in 2021.
The only adaptations Anderson has done are Dahl stories, starting with his first animation film, “Fantastic Mr Fox,” in 2009.
Asked whether he would like to make further short story adaptations, Anderson answered in the affirmative. His hope, he said, is that it might encourage young people to read. “My thought was that this way of telling a story might relate to reading, and particularly if young people saw them, it might introduce them to certain authors and draw attention to writing,” he said, adding that another author he would like to adapt the work of is Paul Bowles.
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