Comfort Films 76: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

For the third week of our aniMAYtion month, we take a look at Wes Anderson's stop-motion adaptation of the Roald Dahl children's book Fantastic Mr. Fox. We discuss Anderson's practical and playful approach to recording dialogue and sound for the film, the script (penned by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, at Dahl's home!) which creatively expands on Dahl's original story by framing Mr. Fox as another version of a vulpine Robin Hood, the crafty and creative use of puppets and miniatures in stop-motion animation, the difficulty of learning that your favorite children's author had some very problematic opinions, and last but not least, Alexandre's Desplat's score and the rockin' Beach Boys-themed soundtrack.