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Watch Wes Anderson’s charm­ing Christ­mas advert for H&M

28 Nov 2016

Words by Little White Lies

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Take the cat­walk car through snowy climes with our favourite Amer­i­can direc­tor and star Adrien Brody.

A small, per­fect­ly-formed Christ­mas bauble is deliv­ered by express train care of Amer­i­can direc­tor Wes Ander­son. This delight­ful minia­ture made for the cloth­ing brand H&M sees the mak­er of Rush­more, The Roy­al Tenen­baums and The Grand Budapest Hotel flex­ing his com­mer­cial mus­cles to fil­ter his unique style into a com­pelling sales pitch.

He ush­ers in some of his celebri­ty pals, includ­ing Adrien Brody, and sends them on a snow-swept train jour­ney which, at one point, trans­forms a the cor­ri­dor of a sleep­er car into an ad hoc cat­walk. For those count­ing the days until Anderson’s forth­com­ing ani­mat­ed fea­ture, known only as a ​“dog-based” sto­ry, this should very much ease the pain. Even mak­ing adverts, his minute­ly chore­o­graphed track­ing shots are still to die for.

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