The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
From Matinee Manatees by Matinee Manatees
April 23, 2026 · 3h 14m · Season 1 · Episode 78
About this episode
The episode discusses Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and its reception.
It's a Patreon poll winner! Well, technically, it tied, but this was the one that didn't have subtitles, so, same same. Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) was a commercial flop, but will it perform better with an aquatic audience than it did with land-based audiences? Do you need to have seen Jacques Cousteau's films to get the jokes? What the heck is an IMU? These and others are the questions that, uh, we ask, while, you know, watching this movie. And talking about it. On a podcast.
Topics covered
- Wes Anderson
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- film analysis
- comedy
Keywords
- Patreon poll
- Jacques Cousteau
- IMU
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Life Aquatic
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