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A Clockwork Orange: Influence On Wes Anderson

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Analysis of A Clockwork Orange?s
Influence on Wes Anderson

For
Professor Kim Neuendorf
History of Film Instructor
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

By
Alyssa C Johnson
Communication 320
History of Film Student

October 15, 2015
Table of Contents
Introduction?????????????????????????????????3
Film Summaries????.???????????????????????????3
Character Analysis?????????...????????????????????.4 Unreliable Narrator????????????????????????.??.4
Color Pallets ????????????????????????????????..6
Language
Shot Structure
References......................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
It is very rare to find a contemporary …show more content…

Zero, in The Grand Budapest Hotel, recounts the story in a way that puts Gustave on a pedestal and depicts him as the heroic concierge and anyone opposed to Gustave?s mission in the movie is depicted as a villain. The perception of these characters is apparent visually, which will be explained more in depth in the following paragraphs, as if Zero is painting the good from the bad for his audience. Moonrise Kingdom is told from the perspective of Sam, the ex-Khaki Scout. The events that unfold, with the use of dramatically comedic cuts, to visually tell the story as a child would, glancing over minor points with little attention to detail and focusing on the obstruction of his and Suzy?s escape. Mr. Fox?s perspective provides reason and logic for his decisions, however reckless they may be, in Fantastic Mr. Fox. When his family and neighborhood is threatened, the farmers? way of dealing with the robberies seems to be over-the-top and impulsive, dropping dynamite into the makeshift shelter Mr. Fox finds in the sewer systems. The story unfolds much like a father embellishing in his glory days to his child, fixated on their father with wonder. Each of the main characters in these three movies may be responsible for a slight sway in …show more content…

Anderson, W. (Director). (2012). Moonrise Kingdom [Motion Picture]. Tobis.
Anderson, W. Anderson, W. (Director). (2014). The Grand Budapest Hotel [Motion Picture]. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC.
Ciment, M. (n.d.). The Kubrick site: Kubrick?s comments regarding ?A Clockwork Orange?. Retrieved from http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/
Dorey, T. (2009, July 30). Wes Anderson: contemporary auteurism and digital technology. (Masters of Arts Thesis).
Gilchrist, T. (2012, June 11). Moonrise kingdom director Wes Anderson on stealing from Kurbrick, Polansky (Video). Retrieved from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/
Kurbrick, S. Kubrick, S. (Director). (1971). A Clockwork Orange [Motion Pictute]. Warner Home Video, Inc.
Newman, B. (1991, January 1). A Clockwork Orange: burgess and behavioral interventions. Lecture presented at Queens College, CUNY.
Sayed, Y. (2015). Stanley Kubrick: a visual analysis of his film inspirations. Retrieved from http://www.illusion.scene.360.com/
Stanley Kubrick?s legendary film techniques. (2011, October 12). Retrieved from http://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Anderson, W. (Director). (2010). Fantastic Mr. Fox [Motion Picture]. Twentieth Century Fox Film

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