{"product_id":"wes-anderson-1","title":"Wes Anderson","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoonrise Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e have made Wes Anderson a prestige force. \u003ci\u003eRushmore\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Tenenbaums\u003c\/i\u003e have become quotable cult classics. Yet every new Anderson release brings out droves of critics eager to charge him with stylistic excess and self-indulgent eclecticism. \u003cp\u003eDonna Kornhaber approaches Anderson's style as the necessary product of the narrative and thematic concerns that define his body of work. Using Anderson's focus on collecting, Kornhaber situates the director as the curator of his filmic worlds, a prime mover who artfully and conscientiously arranges diverse components into cohesive collections and taxonomies. Anderson peoples each mise-en-scéne in his ongoing \"\"Wesworld\"\" with characters orphaned, lost, and out of place amidst a riot of handmade clutter and relics. Within, they seek a wholeness and collective identity they manifestly lack, with their pain expressed via an ordered emotional palette that, despite being muted, cries out for attention. As Kornhaber shows, Anderson's films offer nothing less than a fascinating study in the sensation of belonging--told by characters who possess it the least.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54228639023448,"sku":"9780252041181","price":103.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780252041181__67acf9b4aa9ae.jpg?v=1741135422","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/wes-anderson-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}