Extremely Precise As Usual But Watchable, Interesting

Until now, trailers, clips, featurettes (even stills) for 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' have been so prickly with detail and nuance it's been almost exhausting to watch. Even the title wears you out.

Of course, Wes Anderson's work is like that. I enjoyed 'The Royal Tenenbaums'. Its ratio of forward motion to examining the moment was a tad higher than other Anderson movies -- probably his most direct story. 'Grand Budapest', though -- it drills down into the very soul of minutiae in every single shot.

With this featurette, however, the details win. Everything is perfectly framed, every color perfectly compliments, all the dynamics gel.

I especially appreciate this bit of work. Here, the two main characters are running and their strides match -- exactly. They're not close, it's exactly synchronized.

It's like watching the gold medalists in Olympic synchronized running crossing the finish line.

I can just hear Wes yelling, "Heel, toe, heel, toe! Left, right, left, right! Cut! Try again!" How many takes did they do? What other director would demand that level of detail?

Here's the featurette. The shot is at about 3:07.