Comparing The Grand Budapest Hotel And Directed By Wes Anderson

The Grand Budapest Hotel was written and directed by Wes Anderson (inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig). The film stars Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Tony Revolori, and Willem Dafoe.
The plot follows M. Gustave, the proud concierge of a European ski resort named ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ located in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka. Gustave gives first class service to all the guests of the resort, including becoming extra special friends of older widows who stay there. When one of the elderly lovers of Gustave, Madame D., passes away, he is given the priceless painting Boy with Apple, and accused of her murder. In a game of cat and mouse escaping

The subject of the scene will be placed directly in the center of the camera, with similar side items or colors on each side. One such example is when Zero and Agatha ride on a carousel together, with Agatha riding a fake horse and Zero standing in front of her. The next shot cuts to Zero’s point of view looking at Agatha. She is in the very center looking directly into the camera with a brilliant arrangement of out-of-focus colors dancing in a circular motion behind her head, which aids in focusing the attention on Agatha. Her face is lit with a warm glow and the background music fades away as though it is being played from a distance. During this short six second scene the audience understands that Agatha was, and is, the center of Zero’s world. This is merely a fleeting memory that he remembers her

In one scene at the beginning of the film, M. Gustave and Zero sit across from each other in pleasing symmetry on a train going to the funeral of Madame D. A group of guards come in and begin to escort Zero off the train due to his immigrant status and lack of official papers. Gustave begins to the fight the men, but before the rouse gets to violent a man appears at the door. He recognizes Gustave, as he and his parents often stayed at The Grand Budapest Hotel while he was growing up. He offers Zero and Gustave safe passage but urges them to get official papers to avoid the situation in the future. Later toward the end of the film, a scene is set up in the same way with Zero and M. Gustave sitting across from one another other in the same places on what appears to be the same train as before. Like before, a group of guards ask for papers and being to escort Zero off the train for his immigrant status. Gustave’s rebellious complaint once again turns to a fight with the guards but this time it is revealed both men are escorted off the train and Gustave is shot. This interruption of a seemingly predictable pattern heightens the audience’s grief for the loss the Gustave. The film is light and playful throughout with funny, witty characters and a goofy storyline. However, at the end of film we see the sad truth of the film is frivolously thrown to the audience in such a way that most don’t even notice it.