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Tenenbaums is a top 10 all time favorite. I vividly remember seeing it in theaters. I remember discussing it with a random barista immediately afterwards. 17 years ago and it's a memory like yesterday.
I've posted before with focus on Anderson's ability to use montage in storytelling. https://steemit.com/film/@lionsuit/the-royal-tenenbaums-2001-backstory-in-montage
While Anderson has many great examples of legit montage and fast edit sequences, he also has a great awareness of how and when to use the long take, the no edit shot.
The Bridge Scene with Margot and Eli is an awesome example of this.
Goodness, the writing, delivery, composition, blocking, movement, location, wardrobe, basically (annoying term warning) the mise-en-scène is righteous.
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We start with wide shots, characters separated, then we move to a medium two shot, characters together but distanced or opposed, then we move to dirty singles and clean singles as the characters try to hurt one another verbally, close and vulnerable but alone, then after one character asks the other to stop belittling him and we have a slight connection or release of core conflict, we move to a two shot of them standing together looking in the same direction. After this, we tilt up and zoom in on a private eye photographing us, click, which sends us into the next scene--Margot's Montage setup.
To me, this really is amazing. So simple. So well done. Visual storytelling without editing.
Skip to 1:36 for part of it, or better yet just (re)watch the whole film.
Be well. http://www.LionSuit.com