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    The Fantastic Mr. Anderson: A Biography of Wes Anderson
    The Fantastic Mr. Anderson: A Biography of Wes Anderson
    The Fantastic Mr. Anderson: A Biography of Wes Anderson
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    The Fantastic Mr. Anderson: A Biography of Wes Anderson

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    Ever since "Bottle Rocket" charmed it's way onto movie screens across the country in 1996, Wes Anderson's unique and creative style of filmmaking has captivated audiences worldwide. Much has been written about his movies, but little has been written about the man.

    This short biography gives you an inside look at the person behind the movies. It also will look briefly at the techniques and style behind each of his movies, and provide a bit of trivia along the way.

    LifeCaps is an imprint of BookCapsTM Study Guides. With each book, a lesser known or sometimes forgotten life is recapped. We publish a wide array of topics (from baseball and music to literature and philosophy), so check our growing catalogue regularly to see our newest books.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookCaps
    Release dateJun 24, 2013
    ISBN9781301049509
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      The Fantastic Mr. Anderson - LifeCaps

      LifeCaps Presents:

      The Fantastic Mr. Anderson

      A Biography of Wes Anderson

      By Jennifer Warner

      By BookCaps Study Guides/LifeCaps

      © 2011 by Golgotha Press, Inc.

      Published at SmashWords

      About LifeCaps

      LifeCaps is an imprint of BookCaps™ Study Guides. With each book, a lesser known or sometimes forgotten life is is recapped. We publish a wide array of topics (from baseball and music to literature and philosophy), so check our growing catalogue regularly (www.bookcaps.com) to see our newest books.

      Part One: Early Life

      When examining Wes Anderson's early life, it becomes readily apparent how his childhood would come to influence his future film career and help shape the singular, visual aesthetic and style that will become so omnipresent in his films.

      Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas on May 1st, 1969. His father, Melver Anderson, headed up an advertising company, while his mother, Texas Ann, was an archaeologist. One of the more distinctive qualities that Wes Anderson's films share is a meticulously framed cinematography. In his films, Anderson carefully constructs his scenes and backdrops with a precise symmetry that's typically found in fastidious design and advertising campaigns; Anderson's clean look seems inspired by his father's advertising career.

      Indeed, Anderson himself once said that he would probably have become an architect if he hadn't begun directing films.

      As for the possible influences that Wes Anderson's mother may have had on the filmmaker's career, one doesn't have to look too far to see striking similarities between her background and some of the well-traveled, maternal characters (usually portrayed by Anjelica Huston) that populate most of Anderson's films, such as The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Royal Tenenbaums. In the latter film, the family's mother figure, Etheline Tenenbaum (portrayed brilliantly by Anjelica Huston), would wear Anderson's mother's actual eyeglasses. As well, the character of Etheline Tenenbaum is a former archeologist.

      The sense of adventure that's runs through many of Anderson's films may actually originate from a deeper source than the filmmaker's more immediate family: Wes Anderson is the great grandson of writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of such exotic adventurers as Tarzan and Mars explorer, John Carter.

      Wes Anderson's parents divorced when he was only eight years old, and he – along with his two brothers, Mel and Eric – would be raised by their mother. Wes Anderson would eventually describe that familial split between his parents as being the most influential event of his and his brothers' upbringing. His own family dynamic, complete with a strong mother figure and a largely absent father figure, would later prove to be the most direct inspiration for The Royal Tenenbaums.

      Wes Anderson began to ply his director's trade quite early in life; as a way to get his feet wet, he would spend much of his childhood directing him and his brothers in spy movie knockoffs and Indian Jones-type serials with the family's Super 8 camera.

      Education

      Just as Anderson's childhood and early life has clearly influenced his films, so too has his education.

      Anderson attended Westchester High School (now The Westchester Academy for International Studies), a public school in Houston. He also attended Houston's St. John's School, described by Forbes as one of America's

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