Discussion Question – VERY EASY

1. Watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6o1K8lpBE&feature=youtu.be

Auteur Theory: a director’s film reflects the director’s personal creative vision, as if they were the primary “auteur” (the French word for “author”). A theory that the director is the chief creator of a film and gives it an individual style that is evident in all aspects of the finished product.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. How is Wes Anderson an auteur?

2. Choose one element that reflects Anderson’s distinct personal creative vision in Moonrise Kingdom. Discuss why you think this is emblematic of the auteur theory. Use photos in post.

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How is Wes Anderson an auteur?
Choose one element that reflects Anderson’s distinct personal creative vision in the Moonrise Kingdom. Discuss why you think this is emblematic of the auteur theory. Use photos in a post.

Wes Anderson doesn’t merely make motion pictures — he makes craftsmanship. The chief behind movies like the Moonrise Kingdom makes lavish, complicatedly outlined universes loaded with crackpot characters, and he does as such with an unmistakable visual style. Vital to that style is Anderson’s adoration for symmetry in outline.

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