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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 quirky films are 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 the Accidental Wes Anderson subreddit. 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 journalist Nik Dirga and film expert Darren Mooney!
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#1
Montmartre Paris
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
A Citroen 2CV. Those cars are so cute! I'm sorry Beetle guys, the Bug has nothing on the 2CV.
Sans Serif 1 year ago
Fondly referred to as "cardboard coffins" when I lived there...
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TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
Yeah I'm hitting them, they'll help me drift "smoothly" around that corner. /J kinda
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Jack Burton 1 year ago
This is the Paris you want to see but not real life paris. Cute for sure but not a fairy scenery like this
Jack Burton 1 year ago
Colors have been photoshopped a lot, does not look like that IRL https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.8877462,2.3397214,3a,38.3y,1.91h,82.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdIWMPIsbl7VxKIKqRpahww!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
Ralph Kretschmer 1 year ago
Don't remember that house being that pink when I was there the last time (10 months ago)
Jack Burton 1 year ago
because it is not, someone just applied some filter on the picture, all the colors are way too bright
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Tamra 1 year ago
I wonder what it's like living in a place this beautiful? This photo makes me happy just looking at it.
Jack Burton 1 year ago
Well... usually it's crowded by american and asian tourists, this picture is way too perfect.
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#2
Accidental Budapest Hotel
#3
The Chicken Really Did It For Me
To learn more about Wes Anderson’s signature style, we reached out to Nik 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 of Bottle Rocket on a whim way back in 1997 or so, and I've been a big fan ever since,” he told Bored Panda.
“I think what's always appealed to me the most about his style is the way he intricately crafts his worlds in a way that feels just a little askew from our own reality, but still has an emotional heart. I still get choked up by The Life Aquatic every single time I watch it, for instance,” Nik noted.
#4
A Lavender Field Next To A Wheat Field
Brian Droste 1 year ago
This is at Least the rhird time I seen this picture here on BP. still beautiful.
#5
Palace Of The Winds, Jaipur
Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago (edited)
Every time I see monumental buildings I think of the level of craftsmanship required and the people who supplied the blood, sweat and tears to make their existence a reality...
Roxy222uk 1 year ago
It was a confusing and sobering moment when I was growing up and discovered that being told "X built this" didn't mean that they built it. It might mean that they designed it or it might mean that they funded it, but they definitely didn't put any graft in or get their hands dirty.
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Zaphod 1 year ago
This looks like Jaipur, India. AKA, The Pink City. (Photo from 2004) IM001180-6...ba32b6.jpg 
#6
These Cottages In Oceanside,california
Laura Mitchell 1 year ago
They tore down a lot of old bungalows (but not these). The "Top Gun" house was moved somewhere else.
battery person (he/they) 1 year ago
i LOVE oceanside sm, holy c**p i wanna go there sm and just hang out, and the pier was so cool, and i want to sit on the beach again, and i want to watch the waves, and i wanna be there again, holy shite
“[Anderson’s] style has kept on evolving, and his recent movies like Asteroid City and The French Dispatch are so heavily designed and mannered that they feel a bit more artificial than Rushmore,” 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.”
#7
I Just Saw This Pic
Isabella 1 year ago
Furka pass, Switzerland. The hotel is cloaed now, but the road is fantastic! And the Rhone glacier, worth a viait too.
Goldfinger 1 year ago
iconic historic view of this hotel in Goldfinger https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3RdK51Igeqc (at beginning of the video)
boredApe 1 year ago
You would just stop eating to fast, you wouldn't take a turn.
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Path Of Dogs
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
"Don't do it!" I'm going, those pups look so happy!
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 1 year ago
Is this a photoshop picture. All the dogs look like the same dog to me. Just at a slight different angle.
#9
Accidental Isle Of Dogs
Kenneth Smith 1 year ago
Pictured here: Who I think should be in charge of the country. Dogs at least have faithfulness and character, not to mention that a dog makes any place a happy place. By the way, what is that blg black chungus on the left? Is that a bear?
Cooking Panda 1 year ago
Wondering how many shots it takes to put them in line and produce this photo.
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.”
#10
Room Service
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
Strangely, this photo makes me want to make a sandwich...Then again, I'm always thinking about food..
Rahb in Oz 1 year ago
Just like the old Hilton hotel in Darwin Australia. (Now the Doubletree.)
#11
A Train In Inner Mongolia, China
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Hey that's cool. You don't see narrow gauge steam engines in regular service very often.
Heleen the Feline Panda 1 year ago
It's Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region (province) in China.
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#12
I Know This Sub Is Usually Buildings Or Scenery, But I Feel Like This Is Also Pretty Relevant
Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago
"Hans Bessler became the new house security after a harrowing incident involving the 17th century Prussian painting of a man in mid coitus and a French burglar with a peculiar speech impediment."
We also got in touch with film expert Darren Mooney, who runs The 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.
“He does this by embracing the inherent unreality of film, presenting worlds that are very obviously constructed and not aspiring to verisimilitude or realism. He wants the audience to be aware that everything they see is constructed, and often draws attention to the artifice of the frame itself - symmetrical composition, limited planes of movement (dollies in and out or left to right, but rarely hand-held and rarely on multiple axes at once), shifting aspect ratios and even shifts between color style,” Darren explained.
#13
This Hotel (Xpost /R/Architecture)
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
I love that there are dormers on the 2nd floor and dormers on the ninth floor.
Renee Kamphuys 1 year ago
This one is real. There was a fake one on bp recently but this is the real one, it's a hotel in the Netherlands
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Bull Terrier In Abandoned Train, Belgium
Kenneth Smith 1 year ago
It’s not a very flattering portrait, I’m afraid. I was once considered a great beauty.
#15
The Georgian Hotel. 1415 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California
cerinamroth 1 year ago
I have to say the flag ruins it a bit (just the colour palette - nothing against the US flag in general!)
“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 like Rushmore, but my favorite films of his are all from Fantastic Mr. Fox onwards. 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 is The Darjeeling Limited, because I'm not sure Wes Anderson is the guy to make a movie about India.”
#16
Geometric Sunset
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago (edited)
Looks like my yard after a rain shower. "Hey honey? Yeah, you can't go get your nails done..."
#17
This House, And This Crosswalk
Vicki Doggurl 1 year ago
That cross walk looks photoshopped? It’s still cool! I thought it was two pics at first.
#18
Residential Block In Japan
PandaJon 1 year ago
I thought it was colored bottles behind display glass ( viewing on my phone)
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
I'm getting so confused! What's a door and what's not?? Great colors though
Sans Serif 1 year ago
I believe doors (vs. walls) are those with lights over them...
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Liz Siemens 1 year ago
This might seem like a dumb question but why do they have this big open area in the middle of the building? Is it a courtyard at the bottom? So people can get natural light on both sides of the house? This doesn't happen where I live!
James Peek 1 year ago
Yes, there is usually a courtyard and yes, it's also for the light.
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 1 year ago
I thought they were bottles of some kind when I first saw them. Plus I would like to see what one of the apartments look like inside.
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 ever felt replicated in reality, if that makes sense?”
#19
Radios At A Local Bar
Jan padilla 1 year ago
My husband has a collection of 263 antique table top and portable radios and 4 or 5 console/floor models. Imagine trying to move cross country with all those "treasures" - we've done it twice so far. Let me tell you, its not for the faint of heart.
#20
A Lone House
Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
Would love to have a week long retreat there... Just me, a log burner and a couple of good books (with a supply of food & drink, of course).
#21
This Laundromat/Bar
ToastedFroggy 1 year ago
Just what you need. Get drunk while doing your laundry. That's when you end up washing your white with someone else's reds.😁
Karen Philpott 1 year ago
Those top machines could be hard to remove clothes from. Especially if you're short.
Lavern Defazio 1 year ago
Igors in New Orleans on St. Charles was one we would go to. Dive bar vibes.. Pre Katrina.
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
Why not?? I'll take a Jack and Coke as I try to figure out how to fold this bed sheet
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.
“Anderson is arguably to this modern generation of audiences what Tim Burton was to the previous generation. ‘Baby's First Auteur’, so to speak. And there's something beautiful in that, which you see in these trends,” Darren added. “People try to imitate it or reference it because it's so distinctive and recognizable. That's incredibly valuable, particularly now.”
#22
Thought This Belonged Here
Karen Philpott 1 year ago
Imagine being the poor sod who has to put these out every morning, then take them in every evening. Day after day........
#23
My Kitchen In My New Apartment
brittany 1 year ago
could be to keep things kosher. please correct me if im wrong but i think in some religious households certain foods have to be kept and cooked separate.
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#24
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 that somebody is telling you the story you're hearing; the magazine in The French Dispatch, the novelist in The Grand Budapest Hotel, the show about the play in Asteroid City.”
“This is what makes the AI ‘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.”
#25
The Standard In Copenhagen
#26
Jaipur, Rajasthan
#27
Cinema In Germany
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
But I've come all this way to see the wizard!
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I love the fact that we still have so many independent cinemas here in Germany. OK, not nearly as many as there once were, but when I compare it to the UK, it's a dreamland for a cinephile like me.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago (edited)
Gosh, that looks so old! Is it still in use? Looks a bit delapidated to me. (Before you kill me: I‘m German)
Are you feeling inspired to have a Wes Anderson movie marathon after scrolling through this list, pandas? My personal favorites are The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Isle of Dogs and Asteroid 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 out this list next!
#28
Streetcar In Lisbon, Portugal
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
That's not a street car. It's a "Funicular". A sort of diagonal elevator. See how the windows are aligned. It just goes up and down that hill all day.
cerinamroth 1 year ago
It's just one line - the other trams are less touristy and you don't have to jump out of the way for them on the narrow streets. Watch out for pickpockets in this one!
#29
Strong Isle Of Dogs Vibes
Glen Ellyn 1 year ago
Can I just say that when I first scrolled down on this photo, I thought the dog had one hoof. 😬🤭
#30
A Bavarian Hotel
Birgitt Aydelotte 1 year ago
That is not a hotel, that is Linderhof Castle, one of King Ludwig's getaways.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago (edited)
OMG is this from „Sturm der Liebe“? It is, isn‘t it? LOL my Mom LOVES that telenovella! Edit: oh no, it isn‘t. Sorry. From afar it looks like that hotel, but this thing is way smaller, if you look close enough.
#31
This Little Lighthouse In Kamouraska, Québec [oc]
![This Little Lighthouse In Kamouraska, Québec [oc]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/65c492828f00d_t9inkvzrgq101__700.jpg "This Little Lighthouse In Kamouraska, Québec [oc]")
#32
Hotel In Prague
#33
The Building I Live Next Door To
Darian Starfrog 1 year ago
Fellow Welly cat! Hey! And yea, it is, by the tennis courts, end of Newtown
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Debby Keir 1 year ago
Think how boring this would have been without the colours - they really make it special.
#34
Adjacent Bedrooms
#35
Woolwich Town Hall | London, England | C. 1906
Flora Porter 1 year ago
If you visit Woolwich thinking the rest of it looks like this you're going to be disappointed.
Roos Dillema 1 year ago
I googled this and all you get to see is this picture in different angles
Miss Violet Knightchild 1 year ago
I wanted to get married there but it didn't work out sadly. It's so gorgeous
#36
My Cat... But He Knew What He Was Doing. This Wasn’t No Accident!
#37
"Girl Pool" By Maria Svarbova
Cuppa tea? 1 year ago
Photo. She has very distinctive style and done whole serie about swimming pools.
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#38
Bar
️️Upvote faery️ 1 year ago (edited)
The 3 large bottles in the centre behind the counter are coffee syrups... Is this a coffee bar?
#39
Bus In Ukraine
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
i wonder if the Russians have blown this place up yet. Slava Ukraine!
#40
Pink Restaurant In London
#41
A Bakery In Nice, France
#42
This Cottage In Quebec
#43
The Toronto Reference Library
k1ddkanuck 1 year ago
I've been here. It is labyrinthine, epic in its liminal quality, and as dense in texts as it looks.
Michael P. 1 year ago
I went here on a class trip years ago, it is marvelous. I do go there every once in a while just to admire it. Plus, there's a nice coffee shop there that is ironically called "Balzac's Coffee Roaster", a reference to the French writer Honore de Balzac.
#44
Wind Shaped Tree (Marc Alcock)
#45
Hong Kong Playground By Ludwig Favre
Richard Thomas 1 year ago
They need to do this more, I bet a little paint could cheer up a lot of the Soviet blocks in Eastern Europe
Brian Droste 1 year ago
I like it how the buildings starts out lighter color than gets darker.
#46
Politics In Moldova
#47
In Mallorca (Ramin Nasibov, 2018)
AtMostTheFabulist 1 year ago
That skirt took me a minute. I kept thinking the red ring was over her blue dress in that spot
Richard Thomas 1 year ago (edited)
Well, good thing this is a Wes Anderson movie and not a 007 one
#48
My Puppy Looks Like She's Straight Out Of The Isles Of Dogs
WindySwede 1 year ago
I'm weally sowwy, but... https://youtu.be/vh5kZ4uIUC0?si=pYoN9-PsYj-HSXqv 🙃
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#49
Maybe This Grocery Store? [oc]
![Maybe This Grocery Store? [oc]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/65c491dc0a3d2_rtb0u3ed3af01__700.jpg "Maybe This Grocery Store? [oc]")
#50
North Korea
Dragons Exist 1 year ago
Almost certainly one of the staged ones that the NK government uses to try and make NK look better than the hellscape it is
Cuppa tea? 1 year ago
Documentary of Laibach's performance in North Korea is somehow interesting glimpse into this country.
#51
Texas Track Club Of Abilene In 1964
cerinamroth 1 year ago
Let's hope the starter gun doesn't emit any kind of spark with that amount of hairspray on the track.
Living Example 1 year ago
The Army is studying the blonde's hair as a prototype for their new combat helmet.
The.Butterfly.Effect.530 1 year ago
The look of determination on their faces. Gorgeous faces but still very competitive
#52
Arcade In New Jersey By Franck Bohbot
#53
This Ship Sailing By An Iceberg
#54
My Dorm's Courtyard This Morning
#55
Bathroom At My Friend’s Parents’ House. Check Out That Phone!
#56
This Japanese Vending Machine In The Snow
cerinamroth 1 year ago
These are, but there are street vending machines in Japan that sell cans of hot Coffee Boss. Pretty minging as far as coffee goes but great for a hangover after a big night in Tokyo!
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#57
These Days In Venice
#58
1965 Cool Scouts And Girls
#59
Wes Anderson In Germany – Goth, Germany
cerinamroth 1 year ago
With the right filter, the Kaifu-Bad in Hamburg could also belong on this list.
#60
Ah! If Bus Had Been Straight....japan
#62
Library In Tokyo
#63
My Coworker Kinda Looks Like A W.a Character
#65
German Bowling Alley
der sebbl 1 year ago (edited)
Most likely not bowling but "kegeln" edit: and I just learned that kegeln is also called bowling in English, so please ignore this comment
cerinamroth 1 year ago
In the UK, the equivalent of kegeln is probably skittles - a game played in a very low-tech way in a pub.
Load More Replies... cerinamroth 1 year ago
I love me a Kegelbahn! Such fun. This looks like one in St Pauli that I've been to a few times. A bell for drinks to be brought down, the skittles are attached to strings and if they get tangled, you get in there and sort it out yourself. The ball is also much smaller and lighter than a bowling ball. Low-tech fun that's nowhere near as expensive as the American-style bowling alleys.
#66
Lovely Looking Apartment Entrances In Northwest Washington
#67
Swimming Pools
#69
Lost Dog. Moscow, Russia
#73
Shipping Containers
#74
Coffee Fit For Any Zissou
Ace 1 year ago
Eh? Judging by the offerings I assumed it was from this day and age. Back in the day it would have been just "coffee" on the menu.
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This Hotel Lobby I Delivered Pizza To Last Night
#76
Going For A Swim
#77
Child’s Room
#79
Train Station In Singapore
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Lyone Fein 1 year ago
So many of these had me saying, "wow". So evocative and moving. Thank you for this article.
Pa Pa Panda 1 year ago
I love these kind of posts they give me "off the beaten path" travel ideas.
cal da trans emo rat (he/they) 1 year ago
some of these look like they're from a quirky dark sci-fi movie :D
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
So many of these had me saying, "wow". So evocative and moving. Thank you for this article.
Pa Pa Panda 1 year ago
I love these kind of posts they give me "off the beaten path" travel ideas.
cal da trans emo rat (he/they) 1 year ago
some of these look like they're from a quirky dark sci-fi movie :D
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