{"product_id":"the-wes-anderson-collection-the-grand-budapest-hotel-9781419715716","title":"The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book, part of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling The Wes Anderson Collection series, takes readers behind the scenes of the Oscar(R)-winning film \u003ci\u003eThe Grand Budapest Hotel \u003c\/i\u003ewith a series of interviews between writer\/director Wes Anderson and movie\/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by award-winning playwright Anne Washburn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Learn all about the film's conception, hear personal anecdotes from the set, and explore the wide variety of sources that inspired the screenplay and imagery--from author Stefan Zweig to filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch to photochrom landscapes of turn-of-the-century Middle Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This beautifully designed book also contains interviews with costume designer Milena Canonero, composer Alexandre Desplat, lead actor Ralph Fiennes, production designer Adam Stockhausen, and cinematographer Robert Yeoman; essays by film critics Ali Arikan and Steven Boone, film theorist and historian David Bordwell, music critic Olivia Collette, and style and costume consultant Christopher Laverty; and an introduction by playwright Anne Washburn. Previously unpublished production photos, artwork, and ephemera illustrate each essay and interview. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e stays true to Seitz's previous book on Anderson's first seven feature films, \u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection\u003c\/i\u003e, with an artful, meticulous design and playful, original illustrations that capture the spirit of Anderson's inimitable aesthetic, offering an overview of Anderson's filmography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e \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.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe A.V. 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His five-part 2009 video essay, \"Wes Anderson: The Substance of Style,\" was later spun off into a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling hardcover book, \u003ci\u003eThe Wes Anderson Collection \u003c\/i\u003e(Abrams, 2013). \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\u003eAnne Washburn\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eMr. Burns\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Internationalist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Devil at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, and a transadaptation of Euripides's \u003ci\u003eOrestes\u003c\/i\u003e. 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