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Darkbluerabbit:
There was a short piece in the most recent Wired that is available for free.  It was in Wired because he utilized all kinds of techy stuff to direct while not being present on set.  I do not know if it is as in-depth as the New Yorker article, but it has a video so that makes up for it, maybe.

Wired.com

TheFuriousWombat:
Saw this tonight! One of the benefits of living in NYC, you get to see everything that's still in "limited release." That being said, the movie is rather wonderful. It's quirky and strange and actually on the darker side in general tone a lot of the time. It's definitely a Wes Anderson movie but at the same time it's absolutely an adaptation of a Roald Dahl book. Anderson made it his own, yes, but he stayed true to the spirit of the book in a lot of key ways. The movie is a beauty to behold. Acting is really strong throughout. The villains are dastardly (and it's nice to see Anderson not caving to studio pressure to make them not smoke or drink or wreck a room in anger or open fire on innocent animals with shotguns and giant pistols). There's hilarious and brilliantly executed homages to spaghetti westerns with a Sergeio Lenoe-esque score and everything, to caper films, to Kill Bill (of all things). At the end of the day though, it's just a very funny, charming, compelling movie. I'm not trying to compare it at all to Where the Wild Things Are but in somewhat the same way it's a "kid movie" that I got a hell of a lot more out of and probably enjoyed a lot more, almost guaranteed, than the little kids sitting around me. So, uh, go see it!

JD:

--- Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 27 Oct 2009, 17:43 ---For those that care, there's a pretty excellent profile of Wes Anderson in the newest New Yorker which includes quite a lot about Anderson's approach to making this movie. I'd post a link but it's one of those subscriber only articles on the website. But it's the cartoon issue so it's worth buying anyway!

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you could screencap it

Inlander:
This just opened in Australia yesterday and I went and saw it.

I loved it. It's wonderful. I'll admit to being a huge Wes Anderson fan ever since I first saw Rushmore at the cinema (and then stumbled across Bottle Rocket on the T.V.) but he seemed in danger of floundering as he tried to subtly change the tone of his movies (a la the Darjeeling Limited) and other young directors started trying to ape his style (ref: the Brothers Bloom). Fantastic Mr. Fox seemes like exactly the kind of circuit-breaker Anderson's career needed. Admittedly the film sometimes adheres a little too much the the hoary old "hero's journey" screenplay archetype, but it's gorgeous to look at, the characters are surprisingly engaging, the fact that the film never tries to explain its internal logic is charming, and it's all-round just a great way to spend a couple of hours. The voice acting is great - particularly Jason Schwartzman as Ash, and Jarvis Cocker has an amusing cameo - and some of the animation is startlingly powerful (for instance, when Farmer Bean flies into a rage). And then there's the scene with the wolf, which is surprising despite being heavily foreshadowed, and strangely moving and magical - all the more so for being somewhat understated.

And, because I don't want to admit to having strange and creepy and weird feelings about Mrs. Fox, I'll just say that I never realised Meryl Streep had such a sexy voice.

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