Like all the best filmmakers, Wes Anderson makes good use of trains and railways in his stories.
In this video we'll go through every instance Anderson has used a train, what its significance is, and how it was done.

I really hope I haven't missed any!

Footage from:

Bottle Rocket (1996) Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures
Rushmore (1998) Touchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Indian Paintbrush / Regency Enterprises / American Imperial Pictures / 20th Century Fox
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Fox Searchlight Pictures / TSG Entertainment / Indian Paintbrush / Studio Babelsberg / American Imperial Picture / Fox Searchlight Pictures
Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion (2016) H&M
Isle of Dogs (2018) Fox Searchlight Pictures
The French Dispatch (2021) Searchlight Pictures
Asteroid City (2023) Focus Features / Universal Pictures

Asteroid City Miniatures Piercefilm Productions / The Prop and Model Maker Berlin
The Making of The Darjeeling Limited Barry Braverman

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