{"product_id":"the-wes-anderson-collection-9780810997417","title":"The Wes Anderson Collection","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling overview of Wes Anderson's filmography features previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photos, artwork, and ephemera.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBottle Rocket\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRushmore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Tenenbaums\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Darjeeling Limited\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFantastic Mr. Fox\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMoonrise Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The result is a meticulously designed book that captures and reflects the spirit of Wes Anderson's movies: melancholy, playful, wise, and wonderfully unique. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eRushmore\u003c\/i\u003e's opening montage.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Each page of this book--filled with conversations, photographs and artwork surrounding each film--showcases Anderson's pop-culture inspirations from Hitchcock and \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" --\u003ci\u003eFILTER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also available from Matt Zoller Seitz: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: Bad Dads\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oliver Stone Experience\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMad Men Carousel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also available: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: Isle of Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: The French Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Zoller Seitz\u003c\/b\u003e, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism, is the TV critic for \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and Vulture.com, as well as the editor in chief of RogerEbert.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Brooklyn-based writer and filmmaker, Seitz has written, narrated, edited, or produced more than a hundred hours'worth of video essays about cinema history and style for the Museum of the Moving Image and \u003ci\u003eThe L Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among other outlets. His five-part 2009 video essay, \"Wes Anderson: The Substance of Style,\" was later spun off into a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling hardcover book series: \u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection \u003c\/i\u003e(Abrams, 2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel \u003c\/i\u003e(Abrams, 2015). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seitz is the founder and original editor of the House Next Door, now a part of \u003ci\u003eSlant Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the publisher of Press Play, a blog of film and TV criticism and video essays. He is the director of the 2005 romantic comedy \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Chabon \u003c\/b\u003eis the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of many novels, including the recent \u003ci\u003eTelegraph Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and four children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Dalton\u003c\/b\u003e is a graphic artist living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by way of Barcelona, New York, and Paris. He has published a few books and illustrated some others, including \u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e (Abrams, 2015). Max started painting in 1977, and since 2008, he has been creating posters about music, movies, and pop culture, quickly becoming one of the top names in the industry.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abrams Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607145943314,"sku":"9780810997417","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49a518fd-6c19-48f2-a749-837a616fe7e0.jpg?v=1737291142","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wes-anderson-collection-9780810997417","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}