Watch: Wes Anderson Directed This Funny Commercial for Montblanc

Watch: Wes Anderson Directed This Funny Commercial for Montblanc

by Alex Billington
May 1, 2024
Source: YouTube

“in the morning, by the way, we’ll all three ski back down to base camp after breakfast.” What a surprise! There’s another new Wes Anderson short film now out online for everyone to enjoy. It turns out Anderson has directed a funny 3-minute short film commercial for the uber fancy German pen company Montblanc. They just debuted it online and it’s absolutely worth a quick watch. You have to see what Wes cooked up for them! He even appears in this one! The short is celebrating 100 years of the pen called the Meisterstück, that was first introduced by the company in 1924. Which actually is quite remarkable! “An ode to individual style and mastery.” The film stars Rupert Friend, Jason Schwartzman, and Wes Anderson as three Montblanc fans (or perhaps aficionados?) who take refuge in a mountain cabin near the real Mont Blanc to discuss their love for and appreciation of Montblanc pens. As lovely as they are, they’re definitely out of my price range. Even if this is all just obvious advertising, it’s still amusing seeing these three together in a film.

Here’s the original intro direct from Montblanc’s YouTube:To mark a century since our Meisterstück was first introduced in 1924, Montblanc has partnered with American director and screenwriter Wes Anderson to create a campaign that journeys into the Maison’s extraordinary world as seen through the filmmaker’s eyes.” This short film is directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Wes Anderson, director of the films Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, and The French Dispatch, Asteroid City, and the Oscar winning short film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and more. Produced & co-directed by Roman Coppola. And also produced by Jeremy Dawson & John Peet. With Stephan Gessler as Supervising Art Director, and cinematography by Linus Sandgren. For more info, visit YouTube or stop by Montblanc’s site where they’ve listed his “100 Years of Meisterstück” picks. To see more shorts click here.

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