Article: AQUA MAN DIRECTOR WES ANDERSON GOT BILL MURRAY TO DIVE INTO `THE LIFE AQUATIC' - SO WHY DOES THE ACTOR WANT TO KILL HIM?(U)

Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Writer

Wes Anderson makes movies that burst with so much imagination that it's almost impossible to absorb it all in one sitting. Trust us: That's a good thing - the bursting, that is.

Think of the sequence in ``Rushmore'' where, one by one, all of Max Fisher's clubs and activities go flying by, each one intricately detailed and perfectly framed in shots that last all of five seconds. Or when, in ``The Royal Tenenbaums,'' Bill Murray's cuckolded husband learns of his wife's infidelities through a rapid-fire montage of romantic encounters set to the blitzkrieg beat of the Ramones' ``Judy Is a Punk.'' It's cleverness in service ...

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