Isle Of Dogs (2018) ****
As far as Wes Anderson stop motion films go, I like Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) more, but Isle Of Dogs (2018) is a whole lot of fun (and I've only seen it once so its ranking could change). This is definitely a film that warrants multiple viewings in order to catch more details and appreciate the art behind the painstaking process of its creation.
Wes's style of storytelling suits the scenarios perfectly, this time around working from a story by himself, Roman Coppola (who previously co-wrote The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012) with him), Jason Schwartzman (who has previously worked with Anderson as both actor and writer) and Kunichi Nomura (who voices one of the characters in this film). Anderson has always worn his influences on his sleeve and in Dogs the more obvious ones are references to the films of Akira Kurosawa (and as mentioned before, I'll have to see the film again to truly absorb those).
Isle Of Dogs is a funny, sad, charming adventure that still has thought-provoking statements to make about the lives of both humans and dogs, how we all treat each other on this planet, and how we treat the planet itself.
You can find my Wes Anderson Feature Films Ranked list here.
Wes's style of storytelling suits the scenarios perfectly, this time around working from a story by himself, Roman Coppola (who previously co-wrote The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012) with him), Jason Schwartzman (who has previously worked with Anderson as both actor and writer) and Kunichi Nomura (who voices one of the characters in this film). Anderson has always worn his influences on his sleeve and in Dogs the more obvious ones are references to the films of Akira Kurosawa (and as mentioned before, I'll have to see the film again to truly absorb those).
Isle Of Dogs is a funny, sad, charming adventure that still has thought-provoking statements to make about the lives of both humans and dogs, how we all treat each other on this planet, and how we treat the planet itself.
You can find my Wes Anderson Feature Films Ranked list here.
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