Go Wes my son

Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox was nominated for the 82nd annual Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film of the year. He’d deserve it even though this is his first stop-motion cinematic contribution. His refined sensibility and powerful images make all his films to date fantastic for sure. From the inter-racial romance in Bottled Rocket to the symbiotic sibling rivalry thrust through mourning Anderson is by far the most dynamic film director in America. As he develops his craft it will always be a pleasure to see his stories unfold with the sweet venom of childhood memoirs.

Incidentally, Wes Anderson is an iconic figure in his own right. His romantic persona, deeply coated in academia and classic American wealth, dignifies the future of art beyond film. Other living legendary creators which lend to his breadth of knowledge and engaging innocent hard work are Beck and Jared Hess’s Napoleon Dynamite. With Beck it is easy to spot his original approach to music embodying a plethora of genres including hip hop to folk. With Napoleon Dynamite, audiences resonated with the main character’s subtle passion or the quiet storm of perseverance. It’s an important character that doesn’t demean as a nerd or even an underdog but rather a specific humanity that solely wants to understand. Hence, the audience is encouraged to learn.

In Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket there are snippets of isolation themes linking to J.D.Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye as well as Life Aquatic lending to the hub of Moby Dick. Nevertheless, Anderson speaks to a new audience, one that is hungry for interesting interpretations and intelligent dialogue of today. It just so happens that he is strong and sensual with his aesthetics. Perhaps he’s just having too much fun playing with his feature films.