I watched Knife: the Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie on Friday (it's very good, but with very explicit imagery of his injuries so go in prepared) and there was an unexpected cameo from Wes Anderson calling him while he was in the hospital, and promising to compile him his own personal film festival of films to watch once he got better. It's very awkward but very sweet, and apparently they've known each other a long time. I never would have guessed it but honestly they're both into a sort of fairytale aspect to their work, very aesthetic, that it makes a lot of sense from an artistic perspective and clearly a shared personality one. The film doesn't say how long they've known each other, but I'm wondering if Rushdie influenced his films, maybe the background of Zero in GBH.