Director Wes Anderson talks about his new film "The Phoenician Scheme"

Director Wes Anderson stated that he, like the British playwright Thomas Stoppard, when he writes a work, does not have a specific idea at the moment of creation of the film production, since it appears in the course of events. He announced this on May 19 during a story about his new film "The Phoenician Scheme."

"Thomas Stoppard used to say that every time he writes a play, he doesn't have an idea for the play. He has two people who don't seem to have anything in common with each other, but they meet, and that's where the action begins. And it seems to me that this has always been the case with me. I want to make a film on a train, and apart from everything else, I want to make a film in India, and that leads somewhere," he said.

According to him, when people start working together, they become part of the same team.

Anderson also connected the film to his family. He remembered that his wife had once told him about how she met her father, who was a businessman, and told her that he wanted to know what would happen to him if everything failed. Then he took out boxes of chewy candies and described various projects in different parts of the world. In response, Anderson's wife called it all madness.

"And in a way it meant: I'm the only one who can really figure this out, it's so hard, but you should know. That was the beginning. As a result, the character turned out to be connected to him in many ways, and the film is dedicated to him, because he was simply unforgettable. And yes, it's part of the family. It's my family, but it's my wife's family," he said.

Anderson's Tale: the "Phoenician Scheme" presented in Cannes

Mark Edelstein joined the Hollywood superstars on the red carpet.

Earlier, on May 13, it was reported that Russian directors from Yakutia Stepan Burnashev and Dmitry Davydov arrived in Cannes to present their projects to foreign partners at the film market, which runs in parallel with the film festival.