"The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: A Perfect Fit for Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl"

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Source: Jacobin magazine
"The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: A Perfect Fit for Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl"
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Wes Anderson's latest film adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar follows his signature style of A-list actors delivering deadpan performances, vibrant production design, and nested storytelling. The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, is part of a series of short-film Dahl adaptations Anderson is doing for Netflix. Anderson also weighed in on the recent controversy surrounding the editing of Dahl's books, expressing his objection to modifying an author's work after it is done. Despite personal biases, the article concludes that fans of Anderson's films will likely enjoy The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.

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