Hannah Long Movie Review – Moonrise Kingdom

Brent talks with Hannah Long about Wes Anderson’s 2012 movie ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

Hannah is a passionate cinephile.  She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Despatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘The Bulwark’, ‘First Things’ and ‘Christianity Today’. 

• (0:45) Wes Anderson;
• (3:40) The story and the actors;
• (8:15) Romance;
• (14:30) Autobiographical?
• (15:50) A coming of age story?
• (18:15) Lost innocence;
• (19:50) Music and Britten;
• (22:40) Visual style;
• (25:00) Humor;
• (26:30) Indoors and outdoors;
• (28:40) The landscape;
• (31:00) Use of color;
• (32:15) Kingdoms;
• (36:00) Christian imagery.

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