Anderson’s critics frequently use the word “twee” when dragging the auteur’s comedies, but that’s a superficial read that fails to grasp what makes the 56-year-old’s body of work, comprising 13 movies produced over 30 years, so singular and compelling.

Paintings by Magritte and others were borrowed for “The Phoenician Scheme.” Safeguarding them amid the hot lights and chaos of a film set was challenging.

The Manhattan hotel at which I’m interviewing Wes Anderson has striking views of Central Park out of its windows. Looming a little more ominously, however, is the Trump International Hotel and Tower,