Deadpan dialogue between moody teens? Check. Symetrical cinematography? Check. Mutants with superpowers? Check. Filmmaker Patrick H. Willems has all the ingredients of a typical Wes Anderson film in his new short, What if Wes Anderson directed X-Men? The answer is that he would make Wolverine an art teacher, Magneto a controversial author, and Professor X a neurotic mutant rights activist with control issues.
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Here's a nice behind-the-scenes video that reveals how Willems and his team paired vintage books and immaculate typography with laser vision and adamantium claws.
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