Wes Anderson

director study

Perhaps the most original and idiosyncratic director working today.

His films are both delightful and accessible to students.

Three films covered in detail, and overviews of the others,

as well as of Anderson's favourite tehniques and tropes.

Guide Contents

Teaching Guide
Introduction	3	The Grand Budapest Hotel	52
Suggested Approach	4	What's It About?	53
Validity of Auteur Theory	5	The Books and Films behind the Movie	54
Filmography	6	Scene-by-scene	55
Wes Anderson's Style	7	Questions and Answers	66
		Characters	71
Bottle Rocket	8	Motifs and Symbols	73
		Design and Setting	74
Rushmore	9	On Aspect Ratio	76
Scene-by-scene	10	Music	78
Questions	16	Great Lines	79
Connections and Allusions	18	Miscellany	80
Useful Quotations	20	Cast and Other Facts	81
Rushmore Miscellany	22
Cast and other Facts	23	Wes Anderson Overview	82
Soundtracks	24	Summing Up	86
		In His Own Words	87
The Royal Tenenbaums	25	Last Words	88
What's It About?	26	Bibliography	89
Scene-by-scene	27
Questions and Answers	39	Task Sheets
Wes Anderson Comments	43	Wes Anderson's Style	2
The Music	44	Rushmore Questions	3
Miscellany	45	The Royal Tenenbaums Questions	4
Cast and Other Facts	47	The Grand Budapest Hotel Questions	5
		GB Character Questions	6
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou	48	Wes Anderson Overview Questions	7

The Darjeeling Limited	49	Write-on Worksheets
		Rushmore scene by scene	1 - 6
Fantastic Mr Fox	50	Royal Tenenbaums scene-by-scene	1 - 10
		Grand Budapest scene-by-scene	1 - 11
Moonrise Kingdom	51	Anderson Tropes

Appendix 1: Collaborators and Actors		Appendix 3: Plot Summaries
Appendix 2: Anderson tropes		Tropes worksheet GB answers
Extras include screenshots, podcasts and screenplays.