The drinks are the real stars* of “The French Dispatch.” *Apologies to RealChalamet's mustache.
, the new Wes Anderson film about a fictional magazine in ’60s France, love a drink or few . In an opening scene, a server from a street café scales five flights upstairs to theoffices to deliver a tray full of aperitifs, absinthe, dry white wine, a cola, and an affogato to the editors’ planning meeting. through a series of flashbacks as they discuss stories they’ve written about their time in the fictional French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé.
But as new characters, storylines, and settings appear and, at times, overwhelm, these drinks-as-signposts provide a comforting sense of connection to the material you may have forgotten or overlooked. Critics have noted that Anderson’s films mix references and symbolism in a way thata story. Discovering these Easter eggs feels a lot like the joy of resurfacing a seemingly unremarkable phrase from the first few chapters of a novel as disparate parts of the plot come together in its final pages.
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