Avant-titre: Wes Anderson: Beyond symmetry
Is his style ingenious, or has it become redundant?
In this new episode of “Avant-titre,” we shed light on American filmmaker Wes Anderson’s career, which spans nine feature films in addition to a number of shorts and TV commercials, all of them bearing the unmistakable mark of their maker. It is this mark that has spurred the current controversy surrounding the director’s work: is his style ingenious, or has it become redundant?
Many view Anderson’s most recent films as classic examples where style overshadows substance. In an effort to examine this claim, we take a look at Anderson’s films from a different, unconventional angle.
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