The Films of Wes Anderson This five-week course explores the films of Wes Anderson, as part of this semester's auteur series studying the works of popular contemporary filmmakers. In this course, Anderson’s films will be approached from multiple disciplines, drawing from Film Studies, Film Theory, Formalist Film Theory, and Cultural Studies. Students will discuss and deconstruct narrative elements and the social context of these films, while paying particular attention to filmic elements such as mise en scene, cinematography, editing and sound design. The following four films from Anderson's canon will be analyzed in the course: "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums," "The Darjeeling Limited", and "The Grand Budapest Hotel".