#schubert green

[orbiten]

“Am I doing him right?”

[gayiconwaluigi]

The text and subtext of Conrad being gay and living his life through his art and Schubert being possibly bisexual and living through his art in a fantasy world and Jones being gay and having his heart broken every single night on stage which ultimately leads to his heart being broken in reality at Conrad’s death, there’s something about being an artist and being consumed by your work but also simultaneously about having a life where you’re too scared of the repercussions of what you want. The parts of the movie in color as the play itself and then the black and white as the context and textual subtext behind a queer reading of the narrative.

[kurtiplier]

I desperately feel like it's important to share that there's footage of Conrad Earp in color now from the bonus features in Asteroid City!!!

[eyecandyfilmz]

Wes Anderson movies + text post part 3/11 (or until I give up)

Asteroid City edition

[lovevanpalmer]

i just love a storyteller

[c-show]

MAYBE I THINK YOU’LL NEED TO REPLACE ME. MAYBE I THINK YOU’LL NEED TO TRY.

[lixxen]

I am just saying that so far a detail that people have brushed over in Asteroid City is that Schubert knew Jones and personally sent him to Conrad for the role. Gave him money and everything for them to meet. He probably told Jones what ice cream Conrad likes. Which their (Conrad and Jones) meeting and relationship been noted as "lore" for the play, which means that Schubert inadvertently set the two up

I genuinely like to believe that the two of them are friends and were somewhat close. That's why Schubert got on his knees to be level with Jones to reassure him. His body language and expression hints at them being comfortable. I have done the exact same thing to my friends who are upset

And during the sleep study, it is implied that Schubert and Conrad are seemingly friends outside of working together in the past. Especially by how they randomly hold hands and the shoulder hold (same could be applied to Saltzburg tbh we all know the Hollywood assholes are all friends). Jones in the back of the room, covering his face and watching, could be interpreted as him coming along to support his (at that point and probably) boyfriend and to see his good friend

Which leads into how I believe in the theory of Conrad's death not being an accident, but Conrad's own doing. And that I like to think that Jones spent days crying to Schubert

Anyways.

[waistcoat35]

to me, conrad jones and schubert are a bestie trio. jones and schubert met through conrad and now they’re all besties. also schubert was matchmaking when he sent jones to conrad’s house he was like ‘nah I KNOW he’ll have a little crush on him’