Wes Anderson's needle-drop genius gets its due at his Hollywood Bowl tribute

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Set us as preferred The actor and musician Jason Schwartzman pulled a cassette tape from his pocket on stage at the L.A.Phil’s tribute to Wes Anderson.

Schwartzman was just a teenager when he was cast as the obliviously ambitious Max Fischer in Anderson’s 1998 film “Rushmore,” and on Friday, he recalled the night Anderson played him the film’s entire soundtrack in his car.“He said, ‘This is the soundtrack to the movie, this is the order it’s going to be in, and he walked me through the entire film narrating it,” Schwartzman said, still agog at the completeness of Anderson’s vision before a frame was shot.More recently, Schwartzman said, “I was at my mom’s house tying my shoe, and I see a cassette tape on the ground titled ‘Rushmore songs’.” He then chucked the tape into the audience, a piece of film history that hopefully someone caught unscathed.Anderson’s use of far-flung needle drops and lovely original score work is, like everything in his film universe, planned down to exacting detail.But this opener of a three-night stand — sporting an all-star roster of guest vocalists, an exceptional backing band, and a light touch from the Phil — was more in the spirit of how fans revisit Anderson’s films.

As old friends that pop back into your life, affection only deepened with time, right when you need them.Movies Over three nights at the Hollywood Bowl, artists including Beck, Jackson Browne and Devo will perform music from the singular filmmaker’s work.Guided by the genial riffing of the night’s MC, Bill Murray (an Anderson regular from “Rushmore” onwards), the program made its case that Anderson’s savvy with soundtrack curation and delicate, evocative scores are the heart of his films, right along with his meticulous visual style and arch, melancholy tone.The director, recently fr...