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How Benh Zeitlin Made Beasts of the Southern Wild. The Oscar nominee for Best Director transformed filmmaking as he assembled a new myth out of Hurricane Katrina
- Franz Lidz
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a 2012 American fantasy - drama film directed, co-written, and co-scored by Benh Zeitlin. It was adapted by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar from Alibar's one-act play Juicy and Delicious. The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry.
Feb 16, 2013 · The film Beasts of the Southern Wild began as a play by Lucy Alibar, Juicy and Delicious, about a father and his young son, both Caucasian, and the father’s lessons for survival, but in the film those two theatrical figures have been transformed into a young girl and her father, both African-American. The story is set in the American south ...
Jan 20, 2021 · Zeitlin had directed short films such as Glory at Sea in 2008, inspired by Hurricane Katrina before he made Beasts of the Southern Wild. The 2008 film won numerous awards at award festivals which gave the film publicity and put Zeitlin on the map.
Jul 13, 2012 · Director Benh Zeitlin’s wonderfully vivid, Beasts of the Southern Wild, is one of those films you watch and think, “How did he do that?” The film is visually stunning, has an incredible best score (which he co-wrote!) and features two of the best performances you’ll see on film all year.
- Lance Carter
Ben Richardson on the set of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" directed by Benh Zeitlin DR Benh Zeitlin says he was very influenced by his visit to the caves in southwest France, and that the aurouchs, the creatures in the film, were based on these cave drawings.
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Jun 22, 2022 · Works of art give images to archetypal influences, sometimes in synchronistic ways best appreciated in retrospect. The 2012 film, Beasts of the Southern Wild, takes on particular importance from to...
