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Wes Anderson & Aesthetics | A Class Analysis

221K views · Jul 27, 2021 · Film & Animation

Maggie Mae Fish

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@MaggieMaeFish · 5 years ago · pinned
If you're looking for more Anderson critiques, here are some works I definitely encourage you to check out! Articles and videos about diversity in Wes Anderson films: -- The Eastern Abyss Gazes back at Western hipsters. By Swati Pandey <a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-pandey10oct10-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-pandey10oct10-story.html</a> -- “Black Girl Nerds” SXSW 2018 Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’ by Leonardo Faierman @LeonardoEffect <a href="https://blackgirlnerds.com/sxsw-2018-review-isle-of-dogs/">https://blackgirlnerds.com/sxsw-2018-review-isle-of-dogs/</a> -- “Vulture” What It’s like to watch Isle of Dogs as a Japanese speaker by EMILY YOSHIDA <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/what-its-like-to-watch-isle-of-dogs-as-a-japanese-speaker.html">https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/what-its-like-to-watch-isle-of-dogs-as-a-japanese-speaker.html</a> -- "Wes Anderson: Reality and Representation” by Amandamaryanna <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-cYsslZLSI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-cYsslZLSI</a>. -- “Wes Anderson Films ranked by a 20-year-old Latino male (pt1)" Zelcher Productions @zelcher20 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRwHZwZj4iQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRwHZwZj4iQ</a> -- “Wes Anderson and the Follies of Modern Orientalism” by Broey Deschanel @DeschanelBroey <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw0b4EXgtvs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw0b4EXgtvs</a> -- ‘Isle of Dogs’ Backlash: Wes Anderson Criticized for Racial Stereotypes and ‘Marginalizing Japanese Culture’ by Zack Sharf @zsharf <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/isle-of-dogs-racism-japanese-stereotypes-wes-anderson-1201942811/">https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/isle-of-dogs-racism-japanese-stereotypes-wes-anderson-1201942811/</a>
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@milkflavored · 5 years ago (edited)
As a black teenage girl, I couldn't relate to the affluence of Wes' characters, but I related to their isolation and the pressure of living in the shadow of your accomplishments
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@daffyphack · 5 years ago
"Can we read [your suicide note]?" "I don't think so." "Is it dark?" "Of course it's dark. It's a suicide note."
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@mathieuleader8601 · 5 years ago
Its a crying shame that Anderson never directed A Series of Unfortunate Events film
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@Jimbo55151 · 5 years ago (edited)
I will forever argue that Mr. Fox is the most Clooney character Clooney ever had the opportunity to Clooney.
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@JessieGender1 · 5 years ago
"They're visually alone and also alone alone." I have never heard a line describe my mood then that.
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@jaredgilman7454 · 5 years ago
one of these days we’ll have an actual phone conversation
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@FarrowLW · 5 years ago
It’s always fun to hear your thoughts on movies. A small nitpick, that bears no weight really, Fantastic Mr Fox is not a claymation film. It’s a stop motion film. Claymation is a subgenre of stop motion animation where everything/the characters are made of clay. (Like Wallace and Gromit). The techniuqe is the same, so the motion feels the same. Since the puppets of Mr Fox are not made of clay, it’s not a claymation.
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@TsubataLately · 5 years ago
As a black teenager who'd grown up in predominantly white suburbs, The Royal Tenenbaums made it clear to me that Wes Anderson wasn't talking to me and likely wouldn't have anything interesting to say even if he was. I decided to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox because it was based on a Roald Dahl work and I love stop motion animation, and I walked away thoroughly in love. But as someone who most closely identified with Kristofferson, it was obvious that Anderson still wasn't talking to me.
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@flytrapYTP · 5 years ago
God damn it I love Wes Anderson. I'm starting to think I may be white.
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@Death_etc_artist · 5 years ago (edited)
It's so nice when an exacting director is also not a Kubrick-ian type
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@RIVERVIEWIAM · 5 years ago (edited)
I really appreciate the ending note touching on Anderson's lack of diversity. As a black dude; the stylistically imposed distance and picture-perfect staging/framing, when combined with the lack of demographic representation had made me feel like his movies were just another "blissfully ignorant caucasian adventure", and I found myself rather uninterested to give them a try - although after watching this I definitely will! Thanks, Maggie
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