On Feb. 8, longtime adventurer John Fairfax passed away at age 74 and his New York Times obituary has bested even the most ambitious bucket lists. Filled with amazing character details — traversing oceans via rowboats, jaguar-as-hemlock suicide attempts — the obit compares him to the heroes of Graham Greene, Hemingway and Ian Fleming. But, for the movie-literate, one might imagine being told these tales in the velvety narration of… Continue reading John Fairfax Or 'The Royal Tenenbaums': Comparing Adventurer's Obituary With Wes Anderson's Eccentric Family