The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is a new frontier for Wes Anderson’s signature aesthetic — a short film that’s theatrical and cinematic in equal measure. “In order to support the storytelling, we wanted to make a kind of blocking and staging that could happen live,” Anderson says in a new behind-the-scenes video that you can watch above. “We make our way through spaces without actually leaving the same set — we just bring in pieces of scenery. And the scenes could change while the actors stay engaged with the audience.” 

This is all in service to The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, a beloved Roald Dahl short story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling. Anderson’s short film is the first of four new adaptations of Dahl’s work, followed by The Swan, The Rat Catcher, and Poison. You can watch them all on Netflix.