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11/25 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:43 am · November 25th, 2009
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Wes Anderson and friends on ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:39 pm · November 15th, 2009
“The reason Roald wrote such wonderful children’s books was that he could think like a child. Wes has that capacity too.” With this statement, at a cozy round-table interview in the dining room of bucolic Dahl homestead Gipsy House, Liccy Dahl makes clear her endorsement of Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” the auteur’s oddball adaptation […]
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REVIEW: “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (***)
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:04 am · October 14th, 2009
London Film Festival Rather like two well-matched friends that one sets up on a failed blind date, Roald Dahl and Hollywood really ought to have got along better over the years. Taken at face value, Dahl’s rightly beloved children’s books should be a cinch to film: the concepts are high, the imagery vivid, the storytelling […]
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‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ trailer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:44 pm · July 30th, 2009
Gee, they weren’t kidding when they said this is a Wes Anderson film in every respect apart from the lack of human beings. As for Anderson’s recent claim that this is “a British film … set in the UK” … well, perhaps it’s just set in the tourist district, but it looks American as apple […]
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