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"Wes Anderson is here tonight... He arrived on a bicycle made of antique tuba parts," joked Amy Poehler, hosting the Golden Globes a few years back.
And everyone knew what she meant, because no one in film history has been so unblinkingly wedded to a specific off-beat vibe—from early successes like "The Royal Tenenbaums" through hits like "Fantastic Mr Fox" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel"—as the Texas-born director.