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References & Influences
Wes Anderson was drawn to India by Jean Renoir's The River and the films of Satyajit Ray, the music of which is featured prominently in the film.
The train is a cross-pollination of "actual Indian trains... luxury
trans-world trains such as the Orient Express... contemporary
Euro transit trains... and the 20th Century Limited." (press kit, Friedberg)
"We blended Rajsathan-style patterns and the color schemeof Indian
railways with a sort of modern Art deco style." (press kit, Friedberg)
The convent is, in part, based on the nunnery in Black Narcissus (1947).
... more soon...
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