Obsession with Fatherhood & Brotherhood
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Wes Anderson
Cat_Eyes200 — 11 years ago(February 08, 2015 12:42 AM)
Has anyone noticed that almost ALL of his movies have this fatherhood/brotherhood dynamic that is becoming increasingly more pervasive and annoyingly redundant? In Moonrise Kingdom, Sam doesn't have a dad and everything is resolved when Duffy decides to take him in, it's the climax of the movie. In Royal Tenenbaums, it's all about the kids and their fractured relationship with their father. Rushmore sees Max looking to Herman as a surrogate father figure in contrast to his own, somewhat clueless father and Herman's bratty kids. The Life Aquatic is all about Ned trying to get closer to his presumed father, Steve Zissou. In Grand Budapest Hotel, Gustave takes Zero on as his protege which, more abstractly, carries the tradition of surrogate paternity. The Darjeeling Limited centers around 3 brothers who haven't spoken to one another since their father's funeral.
THEN, on top of that, he's like obsessed with all-male, brotherhood, blood-brother type relationships particularly in some institutionalized sense like boyscouts and schoolboys. There's always 1 GIRL, like just 1 (maybe two but the second one is like older and maternal) and then the rest of cast is always all of these men who seek these brotherly relationships with one another.
It's like.FIND A NEW FIXATION ALREADY! Or get in touch with the issues driving you to write about fathers and brothers, Mr. Anderson. Because it's becoming tired. -
tim411 — 11 years ago(March 01, 2015 07:54 AM)
Nah.
He should do what he likes.
If a handful of broads and skirts are going to get all full of estrogen and menstrual cramps because not every movie caters to them. well then that's actually a good thing.
Never take the advice of a feminist, it only encourages them. -
tim411 — 11 years ago(March 01, 2015 07:52 AM)
He's writing about what interests him.
If a couple of b!tches are going to get all hysterical and their panties in a bunch then they can go make some lame movie about sisterhood.
I bet you're more pissed off that he doesn't have enough Gay, Transgender, Pansexual, Two-Spirit, Transracial representation in his movies.
Social Justice Warriors like you suck and ruin everything. -
gattboy — 10 years ago(May 26, 2015 11:51 PM)
if you've been watching his movies as they come out you realize he is getting in touch with those issues, the movies are his way of confronting them. No one expected that movie to make anywhere near 175 mil or whatever