I guess you've just gotta find something you love to do and then... do it for the rest of your life. For me, it's going to Rushmore.
No 175 - Rushmore Director - Wes Anderson I love Wes Anderson, I have already spoken about my love for him in my rambly blog entry on The Royal Tenenbaums ., which is my favourite film. Rushmore, however, is the favourite film of quite a few people I respect and admire such as Phil, my former housemate and the excellent comedian Miss Josie Long . This is reason enough for me to explore it. Wes Anderson has a very distinctive style, both visually and thematically, so it is always comfortable to slip into one of his films. The big change in this film is the focus of the protagonist. The most common theme for his films are that a father figure is stubborn and self involved and needs to come to terms with the outside world. Here instead of a father we have a 15 year old boy. Max Fischer is rude and insular, delusional and petulant. He has these ideas that he is sophisticated and adult, yet he still throws massive petty sulks when he doesn't get his own way. He is not an immediately...