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The Nose says goodbye to Brian Wilson and looks at ‘The Phoenician Scheme’

Musician Brian Wilson, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys, is shown performing on stage during a "live" concert appearance on June 20, 1999.
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Musician Brian Wilson, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of The Beach Boys, is shown performing on stage during a concert appearance on June 20, 1999.

The pop music genius Brian Wilson, a founding member of The Beach Boys, died on June 11. The Nose says goodbye.

And: Wes Anderson has written and directed 12 feature films. The Nose has covered at least four of them plus his set of Roald Dahl shorts. So this hour, a look at Wes Anderson’s latest, The Phoenician Scheme, in all its twee, symmetrical, pastel, typewriter- and hatbox*-filled glory.

*I’d just like to point out that I wrote this sentence before I’d seen The Phoenician Scheme, in which a hatbox features prominently. And there’s evidence to support that claim. That said, there doesn’t appear to be a typewriter anywhere in the movie, which is kind of shocking.

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