Cinema of Wes Anderson - Bringing Nostalgia to Life

Informationen zum Autor Whitney Crothers Dilley Klappentext Wes Anderson's films, such as Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), are made in a style so distinctive that his films are often recognizable from a single frame. This book explores the filmic and literary influences that have helped make Anderson a major voice in twenty-first-century "indie" culture. Zusammenfassung Wes Anderson's films, such as Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), are made in a style so distinctive that his films are often recognizable from a single frame. This book explores the filmic and literary influences that have helped make Anderson a major voice in twenty-first-century "indie" culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Gloriä: 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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Whitney Crothers Dilley, Whitney Crothers (Shih Hsin University) Dilley, Dilley Whitney Crothers
• Edition: Columbia University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 08.08.2017
• EAN: 9780231180689
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18068-9
• Pages: 224
• Thèmes: Directors' Cuts; Directors' Cuts (Hardcover); Directors' Cuts
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Théâtre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, Film Theory & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director, Film history, theory or criticism