Wes Anderson's symbolic storyworld : a semiotic analysis
Warren Buckland (Author)
"Wes Anderson's Symbolic Storyworld presents a theoretical investigation of whatmakes the films of Wes Anderson distinctive. Chapter by chapter, it relentlessly pulls apart each of Anderson's narratives to pursue the proposition that they all share the same deep underlying symbolic values - a common symbolic storyworld. Taking the polemical strategy of outlining and employing Claude Lévi-Strauss's distinguished (and notorious) work on myth and kinship to analyze eight of Anderson's films, Warren Buckland unearths the peculiar symbolic structure of each film, plus the circuits of exchange, tangible and intangible gift giving, and unusual kinship systems that govern the lives of Anderson's characters. He also provides an analysis of Wes Anderson's visual and aural style, identifying several distinctive traits of Anderson's mise en scè"--Bloomsbury Screen Studies
Electronic books
1 online resource (xii, 203 pages)
9781501316548, 9781501316531, 1501316540, 1501316532
1049802439
Part One. Theory. Symbolic Storyworlds
Film Theory, Film Analysis
Part Two. The Films. Unintentional Mediation : Bottle Rocket
Dead Relatives and Intergenerational Relationships : Rushmore
Imperial Kinship : The Royal Tenenbaums
Conflicts of Ambivalence : The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Fraternal Rivalry : The Darjeeling Limited and Hotel Chevalier
Human versus Animal Subworld : Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Orphan and the Bachelor : Moonrise Kingdom
Rules of Descent and Laws of Inheritance : The Grand Budapest Hotel
Part Three. Finale. The Symbolic Storyworld of Wes Anderson