It's from this setting that we'll launch into the heart of our story. The staging for the hotel itself has been set. Now we only need to jump back a few—or thirty-six—years. Zubrowka, 1932. We've now made it to the molten core of our story, and have reached the primary setting. Zubrowka in 1932 features a Grand Budapest Hotel bustling with
The video essay below clarifies the importance of a script breakdown with a look at Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Despite a scrappy budget, the filmmakers took liberties with the
A lot of the action movies are a tons of effects and green screen, which is just not as interesting to me. Comedies have much less of that, so it’s just more fun to be on the set. Working with Paul Feig, you get a lot of improv, it’s a whole different style of shooting.
The exquisite architecture of Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest inspired Bridesmaids director Paul Feig to shoot Spy on location. The hotel appears in the movie, along with its real-life