He, or indeed she, is a figure that features heavily in Anderson's work, endearingly flawed and aesthetically pleasing. Margot Tenenbaum, all fur and kohl and endless issues; the Whitman brothers and their substantial baggage, both physical and metaphorical, aboard The Darjeeling Limited; The Life Aquatic's Steve Zissou, searching for something he cannot find (with a wardrobe that inspired hipsters everywhere); and now Walt Bishop, the emotionally absent father in his latest offering, Moonrise Kingdom.