S1 E4: Isle of Dogs (dir. Anderson, 2018)

Crow Talk: Film Squawk

Wes Anderson’s ninth feature and second stop motion film takes us to a future Japan, ravaged by dog flu and a Machiavellian mayor. While attempting to rid the city of all disease—and return cats to supremacy—the wrong dog is exiled, sending a 12-year-old to Trash Island in search of his beloved pet.

Anderson’s Boy’s Writing Room:

Roman Coppola: Fan of Godfathers and Foxs.

Jason Schwartzman: Actor first, scribing on The Darjeeling Limited, second.

Kunichi Nomura: All Wes, all the time!

The Boy Dogs:

Bryan Cranston as Chief

Edward Norton as Rex

Bob Balaban as King

Murray as Boss

Goldblum as Duke

Schreiber as Spots

The Girl Dogs:

Scarlett Johansson as Nutmeg

Tilda Swinton as Oracle

Anjelica Huston as Mute Poodle

Eww, Humans:

Koya Rankin as Atari (First Film!)

Greta Gerwig as Tracy Walker

Frances McDormand as Interpreter Nelson

Kunichi Nomura as Mayor Kobayashi

The things we talked about:

Japanese speakers watch this movie

Wes <3's Miyazaki

Japanese Folklore

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