Anderson: 'We smoothed out Fox problems'

Wes Anderson has insisted that he "smoothed out" his relationship with Fantastic Mr Fox's director of photography prior to the animated movie's completion.

Fox DP Tristan Oliver attacked Anderson in a recent Los Angeles Times article, describing the filmmaker's working methods as difficult and calling him "sociopathic".

Talking to website Hollywood Elsewhere, Anderson explained that Oliver was interviewed for the article in the early stages of production and the pair have since patched up their differences.

"The word that I think gives one pause is 'sociopath'. That is the unexpected one," said Anderson of the article. "There are moments in production... where I think he would have unkind words to say about me. Because movies are hard to make, and sometimes you're making people do things that are the last thing they want to do, and the last way they want to do it."

He continued: "Tristan said a bunch of stuff that was a bit outrageous to say about their boss while they're working for them... he was obviously a bit mortified because he spoke completely out of turn, but our relationship got much better after that, so by the time the piece came out, it was a bit of a drag, because it puts a wrinkle that we've smoothed out."

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