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The Worlds of Wes Anderson Mr. Adam Woodward

The Worlds of Wes Anderson By Mr. Adam Woodward

The Worlds of Wes Anderson by Mr. Adam Woodward


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Step into the singular universe of Wes Anderson with this unique, tributeto contemporary cinemas most successful stylist. An album of influences and inspirations of the man behind the camera, this could only be The Worlds of Wes Anderson.

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The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films by Mr. Adam Woodward

In all his films, Wes Anderson turns the mundane into magic by building distinctive and eccentric worlds. But how well do you know the man behind the camera? Discover the inspirations of one of our most revered auteurs with The Worlds of Wes Anderson.

Andersons playful and vibrant aesthetic is universally admired but how has he managed to create such a recognisable identity?

From Hitchcock and Spielberg to Truffaut and Varda, there are countless homages and references scattered throughout Andersons filmography, while his cultural anchor points go far beyond film and into the worlds of art and literature.

Evocations of place and time underpin his work, from mid-century Paris in The French Dispatch to grand pre-war Europe in The Grand Budapest Hotel, while cultural institutions such as Jacques Cousteau and The New Yorker magazine are other touchstones.

For Wes Anderson fans and cinephiles alike, this is an essential insight into the creative process of one of the worlds most unique filmmakers.

About Mr. Adam Woodward

Adam Woodward is Editor-at-Large at Little White Liesmagazine, the leading independent voice in film.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Youth in Revolt
Part 1 Les quatre cents coups (Francois Truffaut, 1959)
Part 2 On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
Part 3 The British Invasion (196467)
Part 4 Melody (Waris Hussein, 1971)

Chapter 2 Forbidden Love
Part 1 The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
Part 2 Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
Part 3 The Passionate Friends (David Lean, 1949)
Part 4 A Story from Chikamatsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)

Chapter 3 Family Values
Part 1 The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
Part 2 Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964)
Part 3 Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
Part 4 Husbands (John Cassavetes, 1970)

Chapter 4 Under Authority
Part 1 La grande illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)
Part 2 Torn Curtain (Alfred Hitchcock, 1966)
Part 3 Lenfance nue (Maurice Pialat, 1968)
Part 4 La chinoise (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)

Chapter 5 Great Escapes
Part 1 Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
Part 2 The Last Detail (Hal Ashby, 1973)
Part 3 Le monde du silence (Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle, 1956)
Part 4 Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, 1973)

Chapter 6 Creature Comforts
Part 1 My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
Part 2 Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)
Part 3 Fantastic Mr Fox (Roald Dahl, 1970)
Part 4 Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)

Chapter 7 Life and Death
Part 1 Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
Part 2 Vagabond (Agnes Varda, 1985)
Part 3 Quai des Orfevres (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1947)
Part 4 Pigs and Battleships (Shohei Imamura, 1961)

Chapter 8 Character and Perspective
Part 1 Stefan Zweig, selected works
Part 2 Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
Part 3 Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
Part 4 The Red Shoes (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1948)

Chapter 9 Colour and Composition
Part 1 Pieter Bruegel the Elder, selected works
Part 2 Mark Rothko, selected works
Part 3 Jacques Henri Lartigue, selected works
Part 4 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)


Viewing Recommendations
Wes Anderson Filmography
Index
Image Credits
Biographies and Author Acknowledgements

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NGR9780711282162
9780711282162
0711282161
The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films by Mr. Adam Woodward
New
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
2024-10-24
208
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