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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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The Wonderful Worlds of Wes Anderson
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Part I
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Part II
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Part III
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'Kunze's collection offers a broad array of critical responses to Wes Anderson's films - from their quirky sensibility, their portrayal of idiosyncratic characters, their relation to neoliberal fantasies, and the importance of music to Anderson's collaboration with Noah Baumbach. The Films of Wes Andserson is invaluable for bringing us much closer to understanding Anderson's 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 Anderson's work is a truly collaborative effort. Including fourteen essays from fourteen distinct points of view, the reader comes away from Kunze's 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"
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Book Title: The Films of Wes Anderson
Book Subtitle: Critical Essays on an Indiewood Icon
Editors: Peter C. Kunze
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137403124
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Peter C. Kunze 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-40311-7Published: 01 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48692-2Published: 01 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-40312-4Published: 01 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 226
Topics: Directing, Screen Studies, Arts, Film History