People’s Republic of Moonrise
From from HE reader Colin Biggs, an appraisal of a film that has already connected: “Wes Anderson is an acquired taste. His cavalcade of eccentric loners has spawned some of the most fervent fandom and some of the most bitter vitriol. Even previous works like Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, two of Anderson’s best, have their detractors. So it seems the young romance and warm, yellow tints of Moonrise Kingdom invite remarks of being ‘too twee’ and ‘reeking of hipster-ism’, but at the end of the day Anderson’s seventh directorial effort is one that looks at childhood from the faraway distance of an adult mind.
“A mail correspondence between Sam (Jared Gilman), a very efficient boy scout, and Suzy (Kara Hayward), the product of two intellectuals, initiates a love that soon sets a town asunder. Suzy and Sam abscond away from their respective families in a New England town to make a life for themselves. Their living in the wild is not as far-fetched as it would be for star-struck lovers as Sam is an expert in the outdoors and Suzy is too cool to care about the problems that come with living in a forest.
“Moonrise Kingdom serves as wish fulfillment — a yearning for a time when children could experiment with this and that without the worries and anxieties that come with adolescence in 2012: updating relationship statuses, sexting, pregnancy worries, etc. The island these two have created is infused with all of the positive feelings of the sixties before they were ripped away by the Manson murders and Vietnam. A scenario like this just could not play out in modern-day America.
“Eventually the freedom that Sam and Suzy have must end as a hurricane threatens to wash their kingdom away. Scoutmaster Ward (a delightfully neurotic Edward Norton) organizes a search and enlists the aid of Cousin Ben (Jason Schwartzman) to find the children. Suzy’s mother sends Captain Sharp (Bruce Willis) out to find the children as well. Parents and adults in Anderson films are often wildly irresponsible, but Norton and Willis serve as beacons for excellent background characters. These men are not without their own problems, yet they take to the call of action with ease.
“For those unaccustomed to love in an Anderson tale, don’t assume the romance is sickeningly sweet. Confronted with Suzy’s mentions of love, Sam responds by noting ‘you don’t know what you’re talking about.’ When the adults enter the tale, then the fleeting romance becomes clear: love doesn’t always last. Suzy’s parents, Walt (Bill Murray) and Laura (Frances McDormand) entire relationship can be summed up in this exchange. “Stop feeling sorry for yourself,” Laura tells Walt. “Why?” he asks. A loveless marriage can sometimes spring out of the universal condition, but that is not this film’s concern.
“In Moonrise Kingdom all of the wonder, terror, and bliss of youth can be experienced without the worries of what comes with age. What Anderson gives us is pure unadulterated joy without all of the neuroses. It’s a slice of life from a simpler time, if just for a moment.”
We’re flooded right now with films that resemble teen fiction, and the central conceit of teen fiction is that the purity of young love is an antidote ot the corrupt adult world and essentially a rejuvenator of it. That certainly describes The Hunger Games, and Moonrise Kingdom gets that, as well, recognizes that idea, and really captures it.
The other thing about Moonrise is that it’s just a splendidly and creatively well-made film.
Colin Biggs appears young, smart, and properly impassioned. But take it down a notch. Writing naturally doesn’t mean dumbing it down; it just means avoiding words like ‘cavalcade’ or ‘asunder’ or any other word that could get you punched in a pool hall, or in this case turn off a reader. (I don’t mean to discourage; just some advice.)
“Wes Anderson is an acquired taste.”
Funny, I’ve found him to be a DISacquired taste. I liked Rushmore a lot and loved Tennenbaums. But I think that Tennenbaums was the apotheosis of what he can do in that particular mold, which Life Aquatic proved. (I can’t say anything specific about Dejarling Limited except that its tweeness seemed pretty evident such that it sat unwatched in its Netflix envelope for nearly a month before I just sent it back.)
Basically, Life Aquatic–with its beanies and red speedoes–seems to be the point that Wes embraced quirk. I’m still rooting for Wes; I don’t want him to become someone else, but I do want him to apply that sensibility into something other than the same hermetically sealed environments and characters.
I appreciate the advice, Mark.
saw it Friday at Arclight. the audience looked like a casting call for “Girls”
eh. i am usually in the Wes camp, stylistically, but his emotional detachment is all wrong for this material. making your kid stars talk in the same affectless, deadpan style as the adults just renders the supposed love between boy and girl lifeless. maybe it’s time for Wes to go down new paths
What Joe said.
I’m not being glib here, honestly. But what words would an author know *not* to use? My advice would be to trust your instincts. Just don’t overindulge. If I encounter a word I’ve never heard of, I look it up.
Writing is like cooking. Young cooks typically overseason, but as they mature, they learn that simpler is often better.
There’s some wording, some cliches (e.g., at the end of the day), and some alliterations (fervent fandom, sickeningly sweet), that he may wince at in a year or two.
“I hope the roof flies off and I get sucked up into space.”
MK is an instant classic
Do the Japanese have a word for nostalgia for a childhood that only existed in unread copies of The New Yorker?
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