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Watch a clip from the mak­ing of Wes Anderson’s Rushmore

28 Oct 2018

Words by Adam Woodward

Three people - a younger man in a suit, an older man, and a woman - in a tense interaction in a hallway.
Three people - a younger man in a suit, an older man, and a woman - in a tense interaction in a hallway.
See a young Wes, Jason Schwartz­man and Bill Mur­ray in Eric Chase Anderson’s Mak­ing of Rushmore’.

It’s now 20 years since Wes Anderson’s beloved prep school com­e­dy, chron­i­cling the roman­tic and schol­ar­ly pur­suits of the extracur­ric­u­lar king of Rush­more Prepara­to­ry School, Max Fis­ch­er (Jason Schwartz­man), con­firmed its direc­tor as one of the most vibrant and orig­i­nal voic­es in Amer­i­can cinema.

Ear­li­er this year we spoke to Schwartz­man about how the whole expe­ri­ence of meet­ing Wes and mak­ing the film changed his life, and now, to cel­e­brate The Cri­te­ri­on Collection’s new Blu-ray edi­tion, we’re tak­ing an exclu­sive behind-the-scenes look at Rush­more cour­tesy of Wes’ younger broth­er, Eric Chase Anderson.

Filmed on the set dur­ing pro­duc­tion and orig­i­nal­ly fea­tured on Criterion’s DVD release of the film in 1998, Eric’s short doc­u­men­tary cap­tures can­did moments between the cast and crew while offer­ing fas­ci­nat­ing first-hand insight into Wes’ cre­ative process.

In the below clip, nar­rat­ed by Eric him­self, we first see Schwartz­man being hooked up to a rap­pel line for the film’s cli­mac­tic Viet­nam War play scene. Next there’s a brief look at how some of the sound effects were record­ed, fol­lowed by make-up artist Bob Harp­er apply­ing crys­tals to Schwartzman’s eyes in order to make them appear irritated.

There’s also the joy­ous sight of Wes assist­ing in the pine cone attack on his young lead­ing man, and a typ­i­cal­ly wry part­ing shot from Bill Mur­ray, dressed in full Her­man Blume garb but notably out of character.

Rush­more is released 29 Octo­ber via the The Cri­te­ri­on Collection.

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