50 Aesthetically Pleasing “Accidental Wes Anderson” Moments People Have Captured In Real Life (New Pics)

If I had to choose a favorite film director, Wes Anderson just might take the cake. His quirkyfilmsare extremely aesthetically pleasing, often featuring deliberate symmetry and pastel color palettes, contain brilliant writing and always leave me smiling as I’m exiting the theater. And if you’re a fan of Anderson’s work too, pandas, you’re in for a treat today!Below, we’ve gathered some of our favorite posts from theAccidental Wes Andersonsubreddit. This community features snapshots from real life that look like they could perfectly fit into the wild world of Wes Anderson, so we hope you’ll enjoy scrolling through the cinematic pics below. And keep reading to find conversations about Anderson’s signature style with journalistNik Dirgaand film expertDarren Mooney!This post may includeaffiliate links.

Below, we’ve gathered some of our favorite posts from theAccidental Wes Andersonsubreddit. This community features snapshots from real life that look like they could perfectly fit into the wild world of Wes Anderson, so we hope you’ll enjoy scrolling through the cinematic pics below. And keep reading to find conversations about Anderson’s signature style with journalistNik Dirgaand film expertDarren Mooney!

This post may includeaffiliate links.

Montmartre Paris

Accidental Budapest Hotel

The Chicken Really Did It For Me

To learn more about Wes Anderson’ssignature style, we reached out toNik Dirga, an American journalist based in New Zealand who’s very familiar with the director’s work. “I first came across Wes Anderson when I rented a VHS tape ofBottle Rocketon a whim way back in 1997 or so, and I’ve been a big fan ever since,” he toldBored Panda.

A Lavender Field Next To A Wheat Field

Palace Of The Winds, Jaipur

These Cottages In Oceanside,california

“[Anderson’s] style has kept on evolving, and his recent movies likeAsteroid CityandThe French Dispatchare so heavily designed and mannered that they feel a bit more artificial thanRushmore,” Nik went on to explain. “But that’s also kind of the point - he’s been playing with the very idea of storytelling itself, drawing attention to the fact that what we see on screen is only a story rather than pretending it’s a documentary portrait.”

I Just Saw This Pic

Path Of Dogs

Accidental Isle Of Dogs

Nik also shared that you can actually spot “Wes-style” anywhere you go once you’ve trained your eyes a bit. “Start looking beyond the surface of suburban sprawls of Costcos and Burger Kings, and you can find an offbeat beauty in everything up to a display of neon-yellow Cheetos containers at a Walmart,” he noted.“Wes fetishizes elements of reality but never entirely leaves reality behind. I think part of the reason Wes Anderson style has become a meme is that it lets us pause a second and think, ‘Hey, that old grocery store logo is kind of gorgeous in its own way, that thrift shop outfit makes you look a little like a movie star,’” Nik explained. “It lets us imagine real life as a movie.”

“Wes fetishizes elements of reality but never entirely leaves reality behind. I think part of the reason Wes Anderson style has become a meme is that it lets us pause a second and think, ‘Hey, that old grocery store logo is kind of gorgeous in its own way, that thrift shop outfit makes you look a little like a movie star,’” Nik explained. “It lets us imagine real life as a movie.”

Room Service

A Train In Inner Mongolia, China

I Know This Sub Is Usually Buildings Or Scenery, But I Feel Like This Is Also Pretty Relevant

We also got in touch with film expert Darren Mooney, who runsThe m0vie blog, to hear his thoughts on the topic. First, Darren broke down Anderson’s signature style for us. “I worry that this is going to sound very pretentious, but it’s a very rigid formalism that draws the audience’s attention to the artifice of the world,” he told Bored Panda.

This Hotel (Xpost /R/Architecture)

Bull Terrier In Abandoned Train, Belgium

The Georgian Hotel. 1415 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California

“I am very fond of Anderson. In particular, I’m fonder of ‘late Anderson’, which is perhaps a rarer opinion,” Darren went on to share. “I really likeRushmore, but my favorite films of his are all fromFantastic Mr. Foxonwards. I think I prefer his style when it is completely disconnected from anything approaching reality or naturalism.”“It’s a lot easier to buy his characters and his style, for me, when these films take place in a realm completely separate from the mundane world,” the cinephile explained. “So my favorites would be the more stylised ones:The Grand Budapest Hotel, Asteroid City, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom. I like most of his films, but I think his weakest isThe Darjeeling Limited, because I’m not sure Wes Anderson is the guy to make a movie about India.”

“It’s a lot easier to buy his characters and his style, for me, when these films take place in a realm completely separate from the mundane world,” the cinephile explained. “So my favorites would be the more stylised ones:The Grand Budapest Hotel, Asteroid City, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom. I like most of his films, but I think his weakest isThe Darjeeling Limited, because I’m not sure Wes Anderson is the guy to make a movie about India.”

Geometric Sunset

This House, And This Crosswalk

Residential Block In Japan

We also asked Darren if he’s seen anything in real life that reminds him of a Wes Anderson film. “Unsurprisingly given Anderson’s fondness for old Europe (The French Dispatch,The Grand Budapest Hotel), it’s European cities and environs that feel most Andersonian to me,” he shared.“Paris and Vienna can feel quite quaint and old-fashioned and unreal in a way that reminds me of Anderson’s style, while the French and German countryside occasionally has houses that feel like they could have come from an Anderson production,” he noted. “But even then, there’s something magical about Anderson’s worlds that I don’t know I’ve everfeltreplicated in reality, if that makes sense?”

“Paris and Vienna can feel quite quaint and old-fashioned and unreal in a way that reminds me of Anderson’s style, while the French and German countryside occasionally has houses that feel like they could have come from an Anderson production,” he noted. “But even then, there’s something magical about Anderson’s worlds that I don’t know I’ve everfeltreplicated in reality, if that makes sense?”

Radios At A Local Bar

A Lone House

This Laundromat/Bar

Darren went on to note that Anderson is a rare modern director with a distinct visual and aural aesthetic that cannot be replicated. “You can look at thirty seconds of a given film and go, ‘That’s a Wes Anderson movie.’ That’s rare, particularly in an era where a lot of major movie-making is being pushed towards a more homogenous style,” he explained.

Thought This Belonged Here

My Kitchen In My New Apartment

Tried To Pay Homage To This Sub, Spent Longer Than I Care To Admit Trying

The cinephile went on to note that “Anderson’s movies are largely about the idea of authorship, about the idea thatsomebodyis telling you the story you’re hearing; the magazine inThe French Dispatch, the novelist inThe Grand Budapest Hotel, the show about the play inAsteroid City.”“This is what makes theAI ‘Wes Anderson trailer’fad so frustrating to me, personally,” Darren says. “Because it takes something that is personal and is about how art is fundamentally personal, and reduces it to an algorithmic piece of content. I actually quite like the human efforts to replicate Anderson, because you inevitably see more humanity in them, and that is what the appeal of Anderson’s art is, to me.”

“This is what makes theAI ‘Wes Anderson trailer’fad so frustrating to me, personally,” Darren says. “Because it takes something that is personal and is about how art is fundamentally personal, and reduces it to an algorithmic piece of content. I actually quite like the human efforts to replicate Anderson, because you inevitably see more humanity in them, and that is what the appeal of Anderson’s art is, to me.”

The Standard In Copenhagen

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Cinema In Germany

Are you feeling inspired to have a Wes Anderson movie marathon after scrolling through this list, pandas? My personal favorites areThe Royal Tenenbaums,Rushmore,Isle of DogsandAsteroid City. But you can start wherever you’d like! Keep upvoting the pics that you think would perfectly blend into Anderson’s world, and if you’d like to see even more accidentally Wes Anderson style photos from Bored Panda, check outthis listnext!

Streetcar In Lisbon, Portugal