Go To on Creativity in the Movies (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This week's Go To is another film discussion between Kelly and Tammy, this time exploring creativity through Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel. They break down what makes the film a masterclass in creative choices: the strict candy-store palette, the impeccable production design/hair/makeup and the intentional postures and snappy pacing from the actors. Kelly reflects on what it takes to hold the line on daring creative choices and why collaboration that comes too early can make something special become ordinary. It's about trusting your audience, the miracle of hundreds of people doing their jobs superbly at once, and proof that radical creativity can also be commercially successful. This Go To is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. To learn more, visit: templeton.org. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody.
0:10.4	This short segment is called a go-to.
0:14.4	It refers back to this crazy thing we used to do at the end of our sorority meetings in college.
0:18.5	If you can believe that, it was called for the good of the order.
0:24.9	And it was a way to share something that had emerged over the course of the week, which really was a bit of learning or thinking or feeling that was to everyone's benefit
0:32.1	to share. And so that's all we'll do here. Every Friday, we release a go-to, and we encourage you to share it with friends around the country.
0:41.0	We know that people use it as a way to stay in touch with their best friends across the country,
0:46.4	and, of course, far-flung family members, wherever they might be.
0:50.9	And as for your local nearest and dearest, consider it fodder for discussion over the
0:55.8	course of the weekend. This is Kelly Corrigan Wonders in our weekly segment called Go To.
1:03.2	This week's Go To is a continuation of our discussion of movies that reflect the virtues we're
1:10.2	highlighting in our super trait series.
1:12.1	The last couple of weeks, we looked at films built around humility,
1:15.1	like the King's Speech or the Pursuit of Happiness.
1:19.2	This week, we're looking at films having to do with creativity.
1:24.3	So, Tam, my pick for an example of a hyper-creative movie to cap off this week of thinking about creativity is Wes Anderson's Budapest Hotel.
1:36.9	It's a great choice.
1:38.1	So my nieces, Maggie and Alice, love this movie.
1:40.9	It's like their favorite movie.
1:42.0	And I think of them as hyper-creative.
1:43.8	So I took their cue. I re-watched it. And here were some notes. I'm going to tell you 10
1:49.3	super creative things that I noticed while I was watching, Grand Budapest. One's the palette. Everybody
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