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  • I don't really wanna think about themes. I wanna just think about the experience of the movie. I feel like, as soon as I reduce it to a theme, once I write that sentence, it won't be that great. I feel like there's more potential for it to mean something interesting if I'm not forcing it to mean something I've already decided.

    "Wes Anderson Talks THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, the Film's Cast, His Aesthetic, Shifting Aspect Ratios, and More". Interview with Steve Weintraub, collider.com. February 24, 2014.