Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Film

Meta takes4

Figures

Form & technique

Symmetrical framing and planimetric staging
The "Whack-Bat" game sequence → The Postmodern Collage
The use of jaunty, upbeat music during scenes of theft and destruction → Anempathetic Sound

Tropes

Mr. Fox's existential dilemma and return to thievery
The tension between Mr. Fox's domestic life and his "wild animal" instincts → The Fragile Alpha
The visible "boiling" texture of the puppets' fur → Haptic Visuality
The rivalry between Ash and Kristofferson
Mr. Fox's encounter with the black Wolf
The collective animal uprising against the three farmers