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The Wes Anderson Collection Hardcover – Illustrated, October 8, 2013

by Matt Zoller Seitz (Author), Michael Chabon (Introduction)
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This New York Times bestselling overview of Wes Anderson’s filmography features previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photos, artwork, and ephemera.

Introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Michael Chabon

Writer/director Wes Anderson guides movie/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz through his life and career in this hardcover book-length conversation, woven together with original illustrations and production images from Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom.

The result is a meticulously designed book that captures and reflects the spirit of Wes Anderson’s movies: melancholy, playful, wise, and wonderfully unique.

“The Wes Anderson Collection comes as close as a book can to reading like a Wes Anderson film. The design is meticulously crafted, with gorgeous full-page photos and touches like a still representation of Rushmore’s opening montage.” —The A.V. Club

“Each page of this book—filled with conversations, photographs and artwork surrounding each film—showcases Anderson’s pop-culture inspirations from Hitchcock and Star Wars to Jacques Cousteau and the French New Wave. Better than most of their kind, the talks reveal a candidness and honesty between critic and director, allowing Seitz to dig around Anderson’s vault and share his discoveries.” —FILTER

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    The Wes Anderson Collection
  2. Print length
    336 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Abrams Books
  5. Publication date
    October 8, 2013
  6. Dimensions
    10 x 1.13 x 12 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    081099741X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0810997417
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Max Dalton's charming children's book-style illustrations introduce each film with a double-page spread of the movie's principal location, incorporating "fourth wall" views suggested by Anderson's familiar cutaway dollhouse technique, used so well in the opening of Moonrise Kingdom and The Life Aquatic. Designer Martin Venzky unpacks the filmmaker's sources and style—with an inspired deployment of stills, amusingly corny display type, and inventive layouts with images made to resemble postage stamps, scrapbook clippings, and other collectibles—perfectly capturing Anderson's seductively twee combination of obsessive detail and ironic distance. —Christopher Lyon

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“In The Wes Anderson Collection, Seitz expands a series of video essays on Anderson’s influences, illuminating as much of Anderson’s process as possible in a massive, beautifully rendered volume. Although it looks (and sometimes reads) like a coffee table book, The Wes Anderson Collection brings together style and substance to provide a loving homage to Anderson’s films and moviemaking in general.”―The A.V. Club

“Your coffee table wants—no, scratch that—needs this book . . . Packed with 400 images of everything from behind-the-scenes set shots to makeup inspiration to hand-drawn storyboards, the massive tome is pure eye candy. But in addition to the visuals, Seitz also dives deep into each and every Anderson film.”―NYLON

“A magical tour of Wes Anderson’s filmography.”―C magazine

“Each page of this book—filled with conversations, photographs and artwork surrounding each film—showcases Anderson’s pop-culture inspirations from Hitchcock and Star Wars to Jacques Cousteau and the French New Wave. Better than most of their kind, the talks reveal a candidness and honesty between critic and director, allowing Seitz to dig around Anderson’s vault and share his discoveries.”―FILTER

“The Wes Anderson Collection comes as close as a book can to reading like a Wes Anderson film. The design is meticulously crafted, with gorgeous full-page photos and touches like a still representation of Rushmore’s opening montage.”―The A.V. Club

“Reading the book, you feel as if you’re disappearing into the miniature world of Anderson’s movies, like you’re playing around in the files and fastidiously kept dossiers assembled for each project. In this way, the book mimics the work.”―Complex.com

“It’s smart, informative, and looks beautiful. In other words, it’s the perfect gift.”―Complex magazine

“The essence of a few of his beloved films… is captured in this New York Times bestselling overview.”―Variety magazine

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Abrams Books; Illustrated edition (October 8, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 081099741X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810997417
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.43 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 1.13 x 12 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Mary Lins
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely, Luscious and Fascinating
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2013
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I’m a HUGE Wes Anderson fan and have reveled in his entire oeuvre – including commercials. So it was a “no-brainer” for me to purchase this lovely and luscious book, “The Wes Anderson Collection” by Matt Zoller Seitz. Seitz says this book is for “detail-obsessed fetishists” and I guess that describes me!

When it arrived I flipped quickly through it looking at the pictures. It’s a scrap-book of sorts for Wes’ seven films: “Bottle Rocket” through “Moonrise Kingdom” (a new film, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, comes out in 2014). I was thrilled with all the pictures and colorful illustrations because what most of us Wes Anderson fans love about his work is the way his movies LOOK. Part of his style is his incredible attention to detail – every single prop or costume is meticulously chosen.

Then I sat down to READ the book because it contains a long conversation between Seitz and Anderson about his films starting with “Bottle Rocket”. Well, I just totally “GEEKED OUT” and realized that I need to re-watch each movie and then read the corresponding interview and look at the photos and story-boards and frame shots. So that’s what I’m doing. Wes Anderson’s films are imminently re-watchable and this book just ups the ante for enjoyment and “insider” information.

I highly recommend this book (and it’s a BARGAIN for a coffee table quality book!) to Anderson fans or anyone who revels in reading about great writer/directors. Everything about his work is unique: the look, the sound (don’t even get me started on his wonderful soundtracks!), the HUMOR, the pace, the tone, the pathos…well, you get my drift: I love this book ALMOST as much as I love Wes Anderson’s films.
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Raffi Friedman
5.0 out of 5 stars As described
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2023
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Emma Jade Ruffalo
5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift or coffee table book
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
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This is so fun to look at even if you don’t really know any of his movies! My brother is a huge fan and loved this!
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Ashley
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Perfect
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2016
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I bought this for my boyfriend as we're both Wes Anderson fans and this book is lovely! It's full of lush illustrations, lengthy interviews, soundtrack notes, and bits of interesting trivia (often in the captions). I absolutely adore it and so does the boyfriend. We've decided to watch every Wes Anderson film and short in chronological order while we make our way through the book.

As far as looks, this book is large and heavy (which I like). I believe it's 1 square foot and maybe 1.5-2 inches thick. It would make a lovely coffee table book if your coffee table is tidier than mine. I ordered this book with Amazon Prime two-day shipping and on the second day, I woke up to find it at my door. Wonderful service, as usual.
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Luke
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing value!
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2014
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This collection brings together interviews, photos, and storyboards from many of Wes Anderson's films, and will be a source of joy and wonder for anyone with an interest in his work. It is probably the pound-for-pound king of coffee table books for anyone under 30, provided that they enjoy dysfunctional or fragmented families that are drawn together in times of crisis.

I am very happy with the quality of the binding and heft of the cover, and am confident that my copy will stand up to lots of use. The pictures are wonderful, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading more about Wes' vision for some of my favorite films. The production stills for Fantastic Mr. Fox are particularly stunning, but the on-set photos from The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic really give you a sense of the camaraderie between the actors.

If you or someone you know are a Wes Anderson fan, this should be on the top of your list for the next gift-giving occasion.
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Andrew Nevis
5.0 out of 5 stars A Coffee Table must have for Wes Anderson fans
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2019
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I first noticed this book at a library while sitting to wait for a local theater production of a play about Lizzie Borden. The book was staring me in the face as if to say, "You know you want to pick me up and look through me." Which I did. Instantly I was transported back to each and every movie embraced in this collected works of stories, photos, and interviews with Wes and other cast. The very nature of his movies was very well represented in the mix match artwork.

I feel Mr. Anderson would have been proud of how I came across this book and had fun representing that in his very over the top style as a side story in a major movie in the future.
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Kate
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Gift and Collectors Item
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2015
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I was thrilled when I found this book since my boyfriend is a long-time Wes Anderson fan. The book is simply beautiful and very well thought-out. It includes tons of amazing photos from on-set along with interviews and other interesting tid-bits. It was also much bigger than I expected and the hardcover makes it a nice collector's item. Something to be noted: The Grand Budapest Hotel is not included in this book because it has one of its own by the same author. I intend on purchasing that book in the future as well. My boyfriend loved the book and is still reading through it. When I first got the book it was damaged on the corners of the spine (like it had been dropped) but Amazon was great about exchanging it and I had a new book in perfect condition in just two days. Very happy with this book and Amazon.
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daniel n kees
5.0 out of 5 stars It was a gift for my granddaughter.
Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2022
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She was thrilled to get this book. It contained a lot of memories for her.
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Peter
1.0 out of 5 stars Bardzo słabe zabezpieczanie przesyłek przez Amazon i to kolejny raz...
Reviewed in Poland on November 1, 2023
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Ksiażka świetna ale zabezpieczenie przesyłki przez sklep Amazon woła o pomstę do nieba. Książka wrzucona do słabej tekturki przez co już po raz kolejny zakupiona ksiązka u Amazona przyszła uszkodzona. Szczególnie mocno uszkodzone zawsze przychodza rogi. Są poobijane i pozaginane - co w przypadku takiego albumu robi fatalne wrażenie. Amazonie czy nie "stać" Cię na lepsze zabezpieczanie wysyłanych paczek? 😠
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bardzo słabe zabezpieczanie przesyłek przez Amazon i to kolejny raz...
Reviewed in Poland on November 1, 2023
Ksiażka świetna ale zabezpieczenie przesyłki przez sklep Amazon woła o pomstę do nieba. Książka wrzucona do słabej tekturki przez co już po raz kolejny zakupiona ksiązka u Amazona przyszła uszkodzona. Szczególnie mocno uszkodzone zawsze przychodza rogi. Są poobijane i pozaginane - co w przypadku takiego albumu robi fatalne wrażenie. Amazonie czy nie "stać" Cię na lepsze zabezpieczanie wysyłanych paczek? 😠
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Alb Pix
5.0 out of 5 stars Grande collezione di immagini stile Anderson
Reviewed in Italy on May 26, 2023
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Una raccolta fotografica divisa per continenti e categorie sullo stile Anderson. Da studiare.
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Mrs Kanukie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2023
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A wealth of knowledge behind the mind that is the director that is Wes Anderson.
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Thiago
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Brazil on January 3, 2020
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Essa coleção do Wes Anderson é espetacular! O livro tem uma que excelente!
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