![]() ![]() ![]() “He’s sort of a version of myself that is buried somewhere inside. Clowes created him as a sort of cathartic outlet, the Id side of his personality, as he puts it: ![]() That protagonist is actually an antagonist in this case, an outspoken misanthrope, the kind of guy without boundaries, whose lack of filter in unsolicited encounters with people cuts through the bull of our conventionality with some riotous consequences. The difficulty in relating for societal outliers previously touched on in Ghost World and Art School Confidential are maxed out in the character of Wilson, the latest of Clowes’ offbeat protagonists to find cinematic vitality. In Wilson, the third illustrated story of artist and writer Daniel Clowes to be adapted for the screen, we are again nudged to pay attention to the overlooked and misunderstood. ![]()
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