The Amazing Wildness of "Fantastic Daddy Fox"

Lilyan 2022-04-23 07:01:31

This is a stop motion animation by Wes Anderson. This animation anthropomorphizes animals, animals in suits and shoes, forming their own small society and living the same life as humans, but Wes Anderson did not completely kill the wild side of animals, when foxes and other underground animals eat It's not chewing and swallowing like humans, but eating fast and almost brutally, crunching the food, gobbling it down, and after eating it, it's a mess. This is the wildness of the animal left in the fox, and it is the most natural side of the fox. Foxes are strong and capable of digging holes by nature. When the mother fox was not pregnant, they made a living by stealing and fighting with three bully farmers. Stealing was their choice and their nature. Farmers have all the bad qualities of human beings, evil, greedy, stingy, cunning, selfish, stupid, they have a lot of wealth, a huge chicken farm, a cellar of high-end cider, but they have absolutely nothing as a human being. Self-cultivation is only the appearance of a snob who is chasing money and scheming. But the grievance between the fox and the farmer is not just because of the farmer's wealth, the farmer's snobby attitude, but also the fox's nature, and the father fox steals for his so-called fox's nature. It's also a dark thread that drives the whole story. At the end of the film, the fox father drove the child across the wasteland, and saw a rebellious lone wolf in the distance, standing on all fours, without an inch of thread. Father fox must have longed for a wolf-like life. The moment he saw the wolf, tears rolled in his eyes, but in the end it didn't fall. He waved at the lone wolf, then drove away to meet up with him. The family has a peaceful life. The film is talking about foxes, but it is also about people. By reflecting on the various behaviors of human evolution through the fox that has not completely lost its animal nature, we have evolved towards a highly developed society, put on figurines, learned etiquette, behaved properly, chewed slowly, unconsciously domesticated ourselves, and finally slowly Lose the animal's original animal nature. Is this all right? The animals have formed their own small society, put on clothes, have a bank, and want to buy a "tree" (ie, buy a house), and it is foreseeable that they will forget their thievery nature after a long time, and they will no longer even gobble their meals. Live a happy life. The wildness of the lost animal has become exactly the same as the present human being.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox quotes

  • Mrs. Fox: I'm going to lose my temper now.

    Mr. Fox: When?

    Mrs. Fox: Right now.

    Mr. Fox: Well, when...

    [Mrs Fox slashes his face]

    Mr. Fox: OW!

    Mrs. Fox: Twelve fox years ago, you made a promise to me, while we were caged inside that fox trap, that if we survived, you would never steal another chicken, turkey, goose, duck, or a squab - whatever they are, and I believed you. Why? Why did you lie to me?

    Mr. Fox: Because I'm a wild animal.

    Mrs. Fox: You are also a husband and a father.

    Mr. Fox: I'm trying to tell you the truth about myself.

    Mrs. Fox: I don't care about the truth about yourself. This story is too predictable.

    Mr. Fox: Predictable? Really? What happens in the end?

    Mrs. Fox: In the end, we all die. Unless you change.

  • Mr. Fox: In a way, I'm almost glad that flood interrupted us because I don't like the toast I was giving. I'm gonna start over.

    Mr. Fox: When I look down this table, with the exquisite feast set before us, I see: two terrific lawyers, a skilled pediatrician, a wonderful chef, a savvy real estate agent, an excellent tailor, a crack accountant, a gifted musician, pretty good minnow fisherman, and possibly the best landscape painter working on the scene today. Maybe a few of you might even read my column from time to time, Who knows? I tend to doubt it.

    Mr. Fox: When I look down this table, with the exquisite feast set before us, I see: two terrific lawyers, a skilled pediatrician, a wonderful chef, a savvy real estate agent, an excellent tailor, a crack accountant, a gifted musician, pretty good minnow fisherman, and possibly the best landscape painter working on the scene today. Maybe a few of you might even read my column from time to time, Who knows? I tend to doubt it.

    [pause]

    Mr. Fox: I also see a room full of wild animals. Wild animals, with true natures and pure talents. Wild animals with scientific-sounding Latin names that mean something about our DNA. Wild animals each with his own strengths and weaknesses due to his or her species.

    Mr. Fox: Anyway, I think it may very well be all the beautiful differences among us that might just give us the tiniest glimmer of a chance of saving my nephew, and letting me make it up to you for getting us into this, this crazy... whatever it is. I don't know. It's just a thought. Thank you for listening. Cheers, everyone.

    [mimics draining an imaginary glass and smashing it to the floor]

    Kylie: Let's eat!

    [everyone stares at Kylie]

    Kylie: What? I was just playin' along with the bit he was doing...