10 Directors That Should Never Have Complete Creative Control
4. Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson has always had style, but there was a time when his films had substance to match. The Grand Budapest Hotel was a beautiful film, but the story felt like a series of wacky sketches piled on top of each other, bookended with a pretentious story-within-a-story-within-a-story narrative structure. The film was beloved critically and won heaps of awards, so Wes Anderson will probably continue down the path hes already on. However, if he opened up to a collaboration that took away complete creative control and forced him to focus on story as much as stylishness, Anderson could begin working on a higher plane than he currently is. Andersons obsession with costumes, settings and framing deserves all the praise that it gets, but if he could back up his undeniable skill with a strong, substantial story, he could better himself even more. He couldnt get better at doing what he does, but by relinquishing creative control, he could try something utterly disparate to his CV so far. Who wouldnt want to see that?
