Wes Anderson deconstructed

I have been highly amused and quite impressed by Wes Anderson movies. But what really has impressed me is the meticulous and clever description of all his different techniques and methods that Matt Zoller Seitz has made.

This complete essay is available online: The Substance of Style: Wes Anderson

On the first part, I do agree that the there is an obvious influence of Anderson in many modern hipster-oriented movies:

Pretty clever an detailed description of the Scorsese's style: the slow motion, overhead shots and 'emphatic dolly'. Yeah, because Wes Anderson is very much influenced by Scorsese:

And there are still 3 more parts of this video. But I am not going to include them all in my post (that would be a little bit unpolite to Matt's work). If you are now hooked and feeling like watching the rest... here you have them all:

The Substance of Style: Wes Anderson

Disclaimer: I did not had such a high opinion on Wes Anderson cinema (I just consider he has 3 great movies) but this detailed analysis at least has proven me the movies are much more complex than I initially thought. And I am impressed by all the effort that Wes Anderson puts in each movie.

22 October 2010