The Cinema of Wes Anderson : : Bringing Nostalgia to Life / / Whitney Crothers Dilley.
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 (20...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Directors' Cuts
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: Wes Anderson as Auteur - A History
- 2 Wes Anderson: His Position in American Cinema and Culture
- 3 Gender, Youth, and the Exploration 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