A critical exploration of the cinematic work of Fleischer and Anderson and its function in American mythopoeics.
I recently watched the 2009 horror-comedy Zombieland (directed by Ruben Fleischer) and the 2012 comedy-drama Moonrise Kingdom (directed by Wes Anderson).
Moonrise Kingdom is classic Anderson, a carefully cultivated cornucopia of kitsch that unwinds into a surreal coming-of-age fable. Zombieland is a rollicking and witty commentary on the zombie genre — though its “zombies” aren’t the classic living dead, but merely the virus-infected living.
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