{"id":305945,"date":"2021-07-22T23:16:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-true-stories-that-inspired-the-french-dispatch\/"},"modified":"2021-07-22T23:16:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T20:16:25","slug":"the-true-stories-that-inspired-the-french-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-stories-that-inspired-the-french-dispatch\/","title":{"rendered":"#The True Stories That Inspired &#8216;The French Dispatch&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27879f80388\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27879f80388\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-stories-that-inspired-the-french-dispatch\/#Bill_Murray_as_the_Obsessive_Editor\" >Bill Murray as the Obsessive Editor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-stories-that-inspired-the-french-dispatch\/#Owen_Wilson_as_the_Prolific_and_Sometimes_Not_Reporter\" >Owen Wilson as the Prolific (and Sometimes Not) Reporter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-stories-that-inspired-the-french-dispatch\/#Jeffrey_Wright_as_an_Amalgamation\" >Jeffrey Wright as an Amalgamation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-stories-that-inspired-the-french-dispatch\/#Adrien_Brody_as_the_Art_Dealer\" >Adrien Brody as the Art Dealer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-stories-that-inspired-the-french-dispatch\/#May_68\" >May 68<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The True Stories That Inspired &#8216;The French Dispatch&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Real Stories is an ongoing column about the true stories behind <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> and TV shows. It\u2019s that simple. This installment focuses on the true New Yorker stories, editors, and reporters that inspired Wes Anderson\u2019s The French Dispatch.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>It should come as no surprise to anyone that <strong>Wes Anderson<\/strong> is an admirer of <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/\"><strong>The New Yorker<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>A fascination with the kind of high-brow culture and style chronicled in the magazine runs through Anderson\u2019s movies.<\/p>\n<p>His love for the magazine forms the basis of <em><strong>The French Dispatch<\/strong><\/em>, a fresh and spectacular mid-career work from the master of quirk. The new movie centers on a team of American journalists at the titular France-based periodical. And it presents a collection of stories, some of which are inspired by the editors, reporters, and writing of <em>The New Yorker<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>From our review out of Cannes, written by Luke Hicks:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn pique Wes Anderson fashion, a narrator (voiced by Anjelica Huston) reads us through the articles at a silly rate. She rattles off mini-biographies, local histories, and statistics seemingly pulled out of a hat in a sheer fit of delight. It\u2019s nearly impossible to follow everything on the first watch. Perhaps still so on the second and third.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch the trailer for\u00a0<em>The French Dispatch<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE FRENCH DISPATCH | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TcPk2p0Zaw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As we prepare for the release of\u00a0<em>The French Dispatch\u00a0<\/em>later this year, here is a look at the true stories and people that influenced the film:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bill_Murray_as_the_Obsessive_Editor\"><\/span>Bill Murray as the Obsessive Editor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The cast of the movie<em>\u00a0<\/em>is overflowing with Hollywood stars, including many of Anderson\u2019s regulars. One of them, <strong>Bill Murray<\/strong>, plays <em>The French Dispatch<\/em> founder and editor-in-chief Arthur Howitzer Jr., who is based on the true <em>New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>co-founder and editor-in-chief <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harold_Ross\">Harold Ross<\/a>. He started the magazine with his wife, Jane Grant, in 1925 and served as its boss until his death in 1951.<\/p>\n<p>Ross was a member of the famed <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algonquin_Round_Table\">Algonquin Round Table<\/a>, a group of writers who regularly met at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan. The collective included the likes of Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman, Robert Benchley, and even Harpo Marx. The group has taken on a mythic status in American letters and has been regularly cited and depicted in popular culture. Most notably in the 1994 movie <em><strong>Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle<\/strong><\/em>, in which Sam Robards plays Ross.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em>\u2018s reputation as a periodical for the American and global elite, Ross came from humble beginnings. He was born in Colorado, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2010\/04\/19\/untimely-jill-lepore\">in a prospector\u2019s cabin<\/a>, never graduated from high school, and served in the military. A <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paperman at heart, Ross famously told people he walked one hundred and fifty miles to Paris after he heard the US Army had launched a newspaper there. That paper, <em>Stars &amp; S<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>es<\/em>, still exists today.<\/p>\n<p>His devotion to\u00a0<em>The New Yorker <\/em>is the stuff of legends. Ross edited an astonishing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archives.cjr.org\/the_kicker\/and_thats_the_way_it_was_febru_8.php\">one-thousand, three-hundred, and ninety-nine issues<\/a> of the magazine. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/the-genius-of-william-shawn-and-the-invention-of-the-new-yorker\/\">According to current <em>New Yorker<\/em> editor David Remnick<\/a>, even as Ross died in the hospital from lung cancer, \u201chis eccentric, unstoppable obsessiveness, his unembarrassed habit of questioning every matter of grammar, usage, and fact, no matter how niggling, seemed undiminished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A comma obsessive, Ross\u2019 friend and <em>New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>contributor E.B. White <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/books\/article\/The-Man-Who-Started-The-New-Yorker-Harold-Ross-3038969.php\">once said<\/a>, \u201cCommas in <em>The New Yorker<\/em> fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.\u201d It\u2019s a style that still lingers in the pages of the magazine today.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Owen_Wilson_as_the_Prolific_and_Sometimes_Not_Reporter\"><\/span>Owen Wilson as the Prolific (and Sometimes Not) Reporter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another longtime Anderson collaborator, <strong>Owen Wilson<\/strong> plays Herbsaint Sazerac, a <em>French Dispatch<\/em> journalist based on the true <em>New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>writer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Mitchell_(writer)\">Joseph Mitchell<\/a>. He joined the staff of the magazine in 1938 and technically stayed on until his death in 1996. In his heyday, Mitchell earned a reputation as a profile writer who, as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1996\/05\/25\/arts\/joseph-mitchell-chronicler-of-the-unsung-and-the-unconventional-diesat-87.html\">his <em>New York Times <\/em>obituary<\/a> notes, \u201ctended to avoid the standard fare of journalists: interviews with moguls, tycoons, movie stars and captains of industry. Instead, he pursued the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>s of nuisance: flops, drunks, con artists, panhandlers, gin-mill owners and their bellicose bartenders, at least one flea circus operator, a man who sold racing cockroaches, a bearded lady and a fast talker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once one of the most prolific and dogged reporters at the magazine, Mitchell published his final piece for\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em> in 1964 and then entered into what Thomas Kunkel, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/tip-sheet\/article\/66086-what-exactly-was-joseph-mitchell-doing-all-those-years-at-the-new-yorker.html\">in <em>Publisher\u2019s Weekly<\/em><\/a>, called \u201cone of the most celebrated \u2018writer\u2019s blocks\u2019 in American letters.\u201d Each day, Mitchell would commute to the magazine\u2019s office, work on projects, and interact with colleagues, but produce nothing. Once a year, he would meet with editor-in-chief William Shawn (Ross\u2019 successor) to update him on his progress. As Kunkel notes, Mitchell was busy, he just had nothing to show for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn infinitely courteous and patient man, Shawn never would have pressed Mitchell about his work, much less imposed any kind of deadline on him,\u201d Kunkel writes. \u201cBesides, Shawn knew full well that back in the late \u201930s and \u201940s, when Mitchell was relatively prolific and his quirky pieces helped establish the magazine\u2019s popularity \u2014 and profitability \u2014 the writer earned a relative pittance.\u201d Seems fair enough.<\/p>\n<p>Sazerac, the character inspired by Mitchell, is an active journalist in <em>The French Dispatch<\/em>. But I\u2019ll be curious to see if Anderson hints at any looming writer\u2019s block in his future. According to an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/culture-desk\/a-look-at-wes-andersons-new-new-yorker-inspired-film\">article about the movie<\/a> in <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, actor <strong>Wally Wolodarsky<\/strong> plays a member of the staff who \u201chas never completed a single article.\u201d Perhaps he is inspired by Mitchell\u2019s later years.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jeffrey_Wright_as_an_Amalgamation\"><\/span>Jeffrey Wright as an Amalgamation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em>, actor <strong>Jeffery Wright<\/strong> plays <em>French Dispatch\u00a0<\/em>journalist Roebuck Wright, a food writer from the American South, whose true inspiration is \u201ca mashup of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Baldwin\">James Baldwin<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A._J._Liebling\">A. J. Liebling<\/a>.\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Baldwin, one of the most celebrated American writers, contributed a number of articles to <em>The New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>during his career, including the famous \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1962\/11\/17\/letter-from-a-region-in-my-mind\">Letter from a Region In My Mind.<\/a>\u201d The essay is one of two works that formed his seminal work on race and racism, <em>The Fire Next Time.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He first arrived in Paris at the age of twenty-four with only forty dollars. It was the distance from America that life in Europe allowed that gave Baldwin the ability to reflect so eloquently on the oppressive nature of life in the US for a gay, Black man. Or, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/blog-post\/baldwin-france\">as the National Museum of African American History &amp; Culture puts it<\/a>, \u201cBaldwin found a place within a diverse community of creative types. The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> scene of that neighborhood gave him a respite from the constant tension that living in the United States meant for someone like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liebling was more closely associated with <em>The New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>than Baldwin. He joined the magazine in 1935. A frequent visitor to Paris, Liebling was equally famous as an eater as he was a writer. In 1959, he published a memoir entitled <em>Between Meals: An <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>etite for Paris<\/em>.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edublog.scholastic.com\/post\/information-does-not-equal-knowledge\">According to his friend Mitchell<\/a>, Liebling sometimes used a piece of bacon as a bookmark. I can\u2019t imagine treating my own books that way, but it certainly sounds like something a character in a Wes Anderson film might do.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adrien_Brody_as_the_Art_Dealer\"><\/span>Adrien Brody as the Art Dealer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In a 1951 <em>New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>profile, S. N. Behrman describes the true inspiration for the character played by <strong>Adrien Brody<\/strong> in <em>The French Dispatch\u00a0<\/em>as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1951\/09\/29\/the-days-of-duveen\">the most spectacular art dealer of all time.<\/a>\u201d Quite a statement. Brody, another Anderson regular, plays Julien Cadazio, an art dealer based on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Duveen,_1st_Baron_Duveen\">Sir Joseph Duveen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Behrman\u2019s \u201cThe Days of Duveen\u201d serves as the inspiration for one of the core three stories that comprise <em>The French Dispatch.\u00a0<\/em>Duveen made his millions by selling European art to wealthy Americans. His genius, as Behrman put it, was that he \u201cnoticed that Europe had plenty of art and America had plenty of money, and his entire astonishing career was the product of that simple observation.\u201d I need only mention the last names of some of his clients for you to get the picture: Rockefeller, Morgan, Mellon, Huntington.<\/p>\n<p>Rich people buying up tons of artworks undoubtedly sucks, but Duveen\u2019s deals did lead to many of those collections finding a public home in museums. \u201cIn his five decades of selling in this country, Duveen, by amazing energy and audacity, transformed the American taste in art,\u201d Behrman writes. \u201cThe masterpieces he brought here have fetched up in a number of museums that, simply because they contain these masterpieces, rank among the greatest in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"May_68\"><\/span>May 68<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another one of the main narratives in <em>The French Dispatch\u00a0<\/em>is based on the true story presented in a two-part article by <em>New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>writer Mavis Gallant titled \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1968\/09\/21\/the-events-in-may-a-paris-notebookii\">The Events in May: A Paris Notebook.<\/a>\u201d Those titular events discussed have now become known as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_68\">May 68<\/a>, a period of unrest in France first ignited by student protests as part of the political, cultural, and sexual revolutions that helped define the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir spontaneous occupation of some of the administration buildings was partly a demonstration against the Vietnam War,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/parallels\/2018\/05\/29\/613671633\/in-france-the-protests-of-may-1968-reverberate-today-and-still-divide-the-french\">NPR\u2019s Eleanor Beardsley wrote in 2018<\/a>, \u201cand partly to demand something closer to home: to be able to spend the night in each other\u2019s dorm rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrations led to broader protests against the government and global capital. Eventually, ten million workers joined in. \u201cEach person that engaged, engaged himself all the way,\u201d Bruno Queysanne, a teacher, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/05\/world\/europe\/france-may-1968-revolution.html\">told the <em>New York Times <\/em>in reflecting on the events.<\/a> \u201cThat was how France could stop running, without there being a feeling of injustice or sabotage. The whole world was in agreement that they should pause and reflect on the conditions of existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <em>The French Dispatch<\/em>, <strong>Frances McDormand<\/strong> plays Lucinda Krementz, a journalist covering the protest, while <strong>Lyna Khoudri<\/strong> and <strong>Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/strong> play two student protesters. You may have already seen <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2021\/07\/timothee-chalamet-frances-mcdormand-wes-anderson-the-french-dispatch\">the clip from the movie<\/a> in which Krementz confronts Chalamet\u2019s character, Zeffirelli, while he bathes.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the rage of the protesters was directed towards the French government led by President Charles de Gaulle. At one point, the protests got so heated that de Gaulle left the country. The government eventually negotiated with unions for better pay and conditions for workers. And while de Gaulle won re-election the following month, the impact of the protests remained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the established hierarchy and formality that permeated relationships between teachers and students, parents and children, bosses and workers, and ultimately even politicians and citizens, had been upended,\u201d writes Alissa Rubin in the aforementioned\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>article. \u201cWhen students returned to classes, they could now ask questions in class and dispute ideas \u2014 a revolution in the French educational system. Bosses had to treat their workers better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The French Dispatch releases in theaters on October 22, 2021.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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