Eternal Innocence In "Bottle Rocket"

** Spoilers henceforth for “Bottle Rocket" **

In the very first scene of Wes Anderson’s “Bottle Rocket,” a depressed young man named Anthony Adams (Luke Wilson) is seen leaving a psychiatric facility, where he has been recovering from what he later describes as a uniquely upper middle-class form of exhaustion.

Outside, Anthony’s restless best friend Dignan (played by Luke’s brother Owen, who co-wro…