A new video essay by Fandor, titled “The Childhood Whimsy of Wes Anderson,” explores how the filmmaker presents children in his films as very mature, serious and smart. “Wes Anderson is that movie man-child who manages to be young and old at the same time. He specializes in child characters who don’t live carefree lives,” says the narrator.
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One of the examples featured on the video is the scene from “Bottle Rocket” where Grace asks her friend Bernice to excuse her while she talks to her older brother, Anthony. The filmmaker introduces the young characters with the camera at eye level with them, not with the adult. The video also features the scene from “Moonrise Kingdom” where Suzy shows Sam the “Coping with the Very Troubled Child” pamphlet she had discovered her parents are using to deal with her.
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One of the examples featured on the video is the scene from “Bottle Rocket” where Grace asks her friend Bernice to excuse her while she talks to her older brother, Anthony. The filmmaker introduces the young characters with the camera at eye level with them, not with the adult. The video also features the scene from “Moonrise Kingdom” where Suzy shows Sam the “Coping with the Very Troubled Child” pamphlet she had discovered her parents are using to deal with her.
- 5/5/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
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