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The Swan

2023 · Film · short · 17 min

Directed by Wes Anderson

Drama

Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.

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  1. PositiveLioOct 23, 2023

    I was dreading what Netflix were going to do with the Dahl books. I was sure they would balls them up and make them, for want of a better word, ...Netflixy.

    Wes Anderson[1] is just a perfect fit though. The shorts are so, so good. Everything about them is spot on. The casting, the sets, everything.

    I couldn't imagine anyone doing a better job and I hope they do more.

    Of the current run, I'd pick The Swan myself but I reorder my favourites every time I rewatch them.

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    1. My bias is that I've never seen a Wes Anderson film I didn't think was magic.