"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 Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) continue to fascinate with their postmodern, hyper-nostalgic attention to detail. This book explores the filmic and literary influences that have helped make Anderson a major voice in twenty-first-century ""indie"" culture, and reveals why Wes Anderson is one of the most inventive filmmakers working in cinema today."
By:
Whitney Crothers Dilley (Shih Hsin University)
Imprint: Wallflower Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780231180689
ISBN 10: 0231180683
Series: Directors' Cuts
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 08 August 2017
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Wes Anderson as Auteur—a History 2. Wes Anderson: His Position in American Cinema and Culture 3. Gender, Youth, and the Explorartion of Masculinity in Bottle Rocket 4. “Sic Transit Gloria”: Transgressing the Boundaries of Adolescence in Rushmore 5. The Interplay of Narrative Text, Language, and Film: Literary Influence and Intertextuality in The Royal Tenenbaums 6. Opposition and Resolution: The Dissonance of Celebrity in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 7. Fragmentary Narratives/Incomplete Identities in The Darjeeling Limited 8. Adaptation and Homage: The World of Roald Dahl and Fantastic Mr. Fox 9. Reconstitution of the “Family” and Construction of Normalized Gender in Moonrise Kingdom 10. Literary Influence and Memory: Stefan Zweig and The Grand Budapest Hotel 11. Wes Anderson’s Short Films and Commercial Work Conclusion: Memory and Narrative in the Works of Wes Anderson Filmography Bibliography Index
Whitney Crothers Dilley is professor of English at Shih Hsin University in Taipei, Taiwan, and has published five books on film and literature, including The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen (2007).
Reviews for The Cinema of Wes Anderson: Bringing Nostalgia to Life
Here one finds many Andersons: Anderson the miniaturist, Anderson the skilled director of advertisements, and most impressive, Anderson the autodidactic dreamer. * Choice *
