Wes Anderson & Sofia Coppola consistency and some favorite close-ups

The following series of images are a gallery of close-ups for Matt Zoller Seitz's "Close-Up Blog-a-thon." (Note: some of these are not close-ups in the strictest sense, but are shots that draw the viewer's focus to one point, often that of a face or an object.)

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In all five of Wes Anderson's features (and his short film Hotel Chevalier), he frequently cuts to extreme close-up insert shots of objects or text. Below are examples from his films of such instances where the details are made big. Since The Darjeeling Limited is not yet on DVD, and the trailer has none of them, it's excluded. It's now on dvd and I've added some examples from that film.

Bottle Rocket (Short-1994)

Bottle Rocket (Feature - 1996)

Rushmore (1998)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

A twelve-person medium shot!

Hotel Chevalier (2007)

The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

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Sofia Coppola's three features have all been about lonely women, and they all share one shot: a girl coming home from a party of some sort is seen inside a car from outside the car, looking out as the reflection on the window passes her by.

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Lost in Translation (2003)

Marie Antoinette (2006)

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and some of my other favorite close-ups (that were readily available.)

Birth (2004)

Breaking Away (1979)

Closer (2004)

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

In the Mood for Love (2002)

Best of 2006

The 10 Best Films of 2006

1. Letters From Iwo Jima
2. Children of Men
3. The Fountain
4. Three Times
5. Marie Antoinette
6. Half Nelson
7. Little Children
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. Bubble
10. Little Miss Sunshine

The Other 15
A Prairie Home Companion
Babel
The Queen
Volver
The Departed
Monster House
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Shortbus
Syndromes and a Century
Time
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Miami Vice
Hard Candy
Army of Shadows
United 93
Stranger Than Fiction
Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles

Honorable Mentions:
L'Enfant, The Death of Mr. Lazerescu, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Strangers with Candy, The Good German, The History Boys, Flags of Our Fathers, The Great New Wonderful, Curse of the Golden Flower, Brick, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Notes on a Scandal, The Prestige, The Good Shepherd, The Painted Veil, Shut Up & Sing, The Pursuit of Happyness, Winter Passing, Flannel Pajamas, An Inconvenient Truth, Old Joy, Fast Food Nation, 10 Items or Less, Blood Diamond, Sherrybaby, and Happy Feet.

Worst: All The King's Men, and Running With Scissors