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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Film
DirectorJared Hess
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Figures

Locations
  • The film's setting and implicit value system (Preston, Idaho).
Form & technique
  • The use of non-diegetic synth-pop score during mundane scenes.
Tropes
  • Napoleon's "Vote for Pedro" dance performance.
  • The film's production design (e.g., wood-paneled walls, Trapper Keepers, VCRs). → The Pastiche Playbook
  • The character arc of Napoleon Dynamite.
  • Napoleon's "Vote for Pedro" T-shirt. → The Commodity Fetish
  • Uncle Rico throwing a steak at Napoleon.

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