The Cinema of Wes Anderson: Bringing Nostalgia to Life
Whitney Crothers Dilley, "The Cinema of Wes Anderson: Bringing Nostalgia to Life "
English | ISBN: 0231180691 | 2017 | 224 pages | PDF | 1012 KB
English | ISBN: 0231180691 | 2017 | 224 pages | PDF | 1012 KB
Wes Anderson is considered one of the most important directors of the post-Baby Boom generation, making films such as Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) in a style so distinctive that his films are often recognizable from a single frame. Through the travelogue The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and the stop-motion animation of Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), his films examine issues of gender, race, and class through dysfunctional family dynamics, with particular focus on masculinity and male bonding. Anderson's auteur status is enriched by his fascination with Truffaut and the French New Wave, as well as his authorship of every one of his screenplays, drawing on influences as diverse as Mark Twain, J. D. Salinger, Roald Dahl, and Stefan Zweig. Works such as
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