The Films of Wes Anderson ─ Critical Essays on an Indiewood Icon

Wes Anderson's films can be divisive, but he is widely recognized as the inspiration for the recent trends in indie films. Looking at Wes Anderson's shorts and films from Bottle Rocket to Moonrise Kingdom, this collection considers how Anderson's distinctive form and content work together to create films that are simultaneously reverent toward their sources and original in their execution. Using both practical and theoretical lenses, the contributors address and explain the recurring stylistic techniques, motifs, and themes that dominate Anderson's films and have had such an impact on current filmmaking.

Peter C. Kunze is Lecturer in the Writing and Critical Inquiry Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York, USA. His research examines comedy, masculinity, and childhood across literature, film, and new media.