Fucking Innocent: The Early Films of Wes Anderson

Frederick's criticism looks at Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and The Royal Tennenbaums in this fun and sharp critique.. With movies like The Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Darjeeling Limited, Anderson has solidified his place among the best and brightest of contemporary filmmakers.Anderson's early films, the films that rocketed him to stardom, are often written about separately and in contrast to his later films, in Fucking Innocent, John Andrew Frederick, who has taught Anderson's early work at the University of Souther

It's brilliant I just got this this afternoon and I'm thrilled with it, to say the least! I love Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket (that's my favorite), and have seen Rushmore many times and The Royal Tenenbaums several. I gobbled up the first essay like any toffee you like: excellent exegesis with many points made that I'd never considered/fathomed before. There are myriad rock references and. Amazon Customer said Cool cover, cool book. A critique that truly matches the quirkiness and depth of Anderson's films. Frederick displays an obvious affection for these three (mostly underrated) early-Andersonian works without becoming obsessive or biased, making for a truly intriguing read for the die-hard film fan or even the mildly interested.Frederick draws links between Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and the Royal Te

Here comes John Andrew Fredrick, though, whose Fucking Innocent does exactly that. With a reckless, loose-limbed intelligence, a deep well of erudition, and a truly infectious love for his subject a love that never tips over into worshipFredrick lights up an oeuvre from within, and does it so delightfully one forgets one is reading criticism at all. "Certain artistsone might call them our poets of nostalgiaare easy to venerate, harder to penetrate. For all their beauty, their elegance, their humor, the work remains so cautiously composed it might be difficult to enter into an intimate (as opposed to merely personal) relationship with it. I’m