The Worlds of Wes Anderson - Adam Woodward

The Worlds of Wes Anderson

The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
208 Seiten
2024
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-8216-2 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
Step into the singular universe of Wes Anderson with this unique, tribute to contemporary cinema’s most successful stylist. An album of influences and inspirations of the man behind the camera, this could only be The Worlds of Wes Anderson.
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.

Anderson’s 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 Anderson’s 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 world’s most unique filmmakers.

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

Introduction

Chapter 1    Youth in Revolt
Part 1    Les quatre cents coups (François Truffaut, 1959)
Part 2    On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
Part 3    The British Invasion (1964–67)
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 (Yasujirō 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    L’enfance 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 (Agnès Varda, 1985) 
Part 3    Quai des Orfèvres (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1947) 
Part 4    Pigs and Battleships (Shôhei 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

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 200 colour photos
Sprache englisch
Maße 210 x 260 mm
Gewicht 750 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
ISBN-10 0-7112-8216-1 / 0711282161
ISBN-13 978-0-7112-8216-2 / 9780711282162
Zustand Neuware
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