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The Films of Wes Anderson: Critical Essays on an Indiewood Icon
Author: Peter C. Kunze
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Wes Andersons films can be divisive, but he is widely recognized as the inspiration forseveral recent trends in indie films. Looking at Wes Andersons shorts and films from Bottle Rocket to Moonrise Kingdom, this collection considers how Andersons disti **Review Kunzes collection offers a broad array of critical responses to Wes Andersons films - from their quirky sensibility, their portrayal of idiosyncratic characters, their relation to neoliberal fantasies, and the importance of music to Andersons collaboration with Noah Baumbach. The Films of Wes Andserson is invaluable for bringing us much closer to understanding Andersons significance as an American Indiewood filmmaker. - Warren Buckland, Reader in Film Studies, Oxford Brookes University, UK Spanning a diverse range of perspectives on a figure who is now undoubtedly recognized as the icon of the indie era, this collection valuably complicates and challenges the generalized notions of Wes Anderson that characterize popular opinion. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the work of this director as more than merely whimsical. - Claire Perkins, Film and Television Studies, Monash University, USA, and author of American Smart Cinema Appropriately, the essays collected in this volume provide an array of perspectives on a filmmaker whose work consistently fights against isolation. It is fitting indeed that the first serious book-length exploration of Andersons work is a truly collaborative effort. Including fourteen essays from fourteen distinct points of view, the reader comes away from Kunzes collection with a sense of the filmmaker and his unusually inclusive worldview, as well as a sense of respect for the power of a critical conversation (as opposed to the monologue). - Devin Orgeron, Associate Professor, Director of Film Studies, North Carolina State University, USA, and author of La Camera-Crayola Authorship Comes of Age in the Cinema of Wes Anderson About the Author Peter C. Kunze is Lecturer in the Writing and Critical Inquiry Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York, USA. His research examines comedy, masculinity, and childhood across literature, film, and new media.
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Wes Andersons films can be divisive, but he is widely recognized as the inspiration forseveral recent trends in indie films. Looking at Wes Andersons shorts and films from Bottle Rocket to Moonrise Kingdom, this collection considers how Andersons disti **Review Kunzes collection offers a broad array of critical responses to Wes Andersons films - from their quirky sensibility, their portrayal of idiosyncratic characters, their relation to neoliberal fantasies, and the importance of music to Andersons collaboration with Noah Baumbach. The Films of Wes Andserson is invaluable for bringing us much closer to understanding Andersons significance as an American Indiewood filmmaker. - Warren Buckland, Reader in Film Studies, Oxford Brookes University, UK Spanning a diverse range of perspectives on a figure who is now undoubtedly recognized as the icon of the indie era, this collection valuably complicates and challenges the generalized notions of Wes Anderson that characterize popular opinion. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the work of this director as more than merely whimsical. - Claire Perkins, Film and Television Studies, Monash University, USA, and author of American Smart Cinema Appropriately, the essays collected in this volume provide an array of perspectives on a filmmaker whose work consistently fights against isolation. It is fitting indeed that the first serious book-length exploration of Andersons work is a truly collaborative effort. Including fourteen essays from fourteen distinct points of view, the reader comes away from Kunzes collection with a sense of the filmmaker and his unusually inclusive worldview, as well as a sense of respect for the power of a critical conversation (as opposed to the monologue). - Devin Orgeron, Associate Professor, Director of Film Studies, North Carolina State University, USA, and author of La Camera-Crayola Authorship Comes of Age in the Cinema of Wes Anderson About the Author Peter C. Kunze is Lecturer in the Writing and Critical Inquiry Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York, USA. His research examines comedy, masculinity, and childhood across literature, film, and new media.
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