Showing posts with label Jared Gilman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jared Gilman. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2016

Moonrise Kingdom: Exquisitely peculiar

One of the greatest pieces in Wes Anderson's work, Moonrise Kingdom tells a story about love, in the most unusual of ways, that is, both the love, and the story.

What kind of bird are YOU?

This movie, as the rest of Anderson's work, is unmistakably his. The unique style he has built over the years, together with cinematographer Robert Yeoman is absolutely visible, with the square framing, the prevalence of static and sideways tracking shots, and of course the heavy use of symmetry and the defining colors. Colors which are perhaps a bit more dull than the extremely vibrant colors in other of his works, like the more recent and, too, brilliant, The Grand Budapest Hotel. [...]