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The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel | Matt Zoller Seitz
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This companion to the New York Times bestselling book The Wes Anderson Collection takes readers behind the scenes of the Oscar-winning film The Grand Budapest Hotel with a series of interviews between writer/director Wes Anderson and movie/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz. 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 imageryfrom author Stefan Zweig to filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch to photochrom landscapes of turn-of-the-century Middle Europe. Also inside are 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 Previously unpublished production photos, artwork, and ephemera illustrate each essay and interview. The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel stays true to Seitz's previous book on Anderson's first seven feature films,The Wes Anderson Collection, with an artful, meticulous design and playful, original illustrations that capture the spirit of Anderson's inimitable aesthetic. Together, they offer a complete overview of Anderson's filmography to date. Praise for the film, The Grand Budapest Hotel: Four Academy Awards, including Costume Design, Music - Original Score, and Production Design; Nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Directing, and Writing - Original Screenplay; Best Film - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Awards; Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA, WGA, NYFCC, and LAFCA Awards Praise for the book, The Wes Anderson Collection: 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 . . . Eric Thurm, The A.V. Club
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The Wes Anderson Collection | Matt Zoller Seitz
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Early birthday present from the Hubby! The photos in this book are absolutely amazing

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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“Anderson‘s movies are always about the loss of a world, often childhood, sometimes family, sometimes the world we‘ve created out of our own self-identity. But this is the first time he has concerned himself with the destruction of a civilization, the end of an era, and the terrible ways in which our lives - our own personal and super-absorbing dramas - are deformed by the larger histories we are embedded in.”

What a stellar introduction.

Soubhiville What a cool book! 5y
LeahBergen I just recently watched this film and looooved it! 😍 5y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @LeahBergen It‘s so good! He‘s my favorite living director. His next movie is set in Paris and I can‘t wait. 5y
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gradcat
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#MayMovieMagic

(Day 16 - #LeTempsDeLamour)

*I love Wes Anderson—the above represents a few of the techniques of his visual style—flat-space camera; symmetrical composition; snap-zoom shots; knolling; handmade art direction; and kids acting like adults & vice-versa. I couldn‘t use movie stills because of copyright issues, so these are just random exemplars of the Wes Anderson style.

RohitSawant Oh, love this post! Fantastic collage! 6y
Cinfhen Very cool collage 🙌🏻 hope you‘re feeling better 6y
gradcat @rohit-sawant @Cinfhen Thanks, you wonderful people! And yes, I‘m feeling a bit better. ♥️ 6y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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My book on the making of The Grand Budapest Hotel discusses Mendl‘s Courtesan au Chocolat, a #candy that plays a key part in the plot of the film.

#CoolBooks

Linsy Ooh, I need to see this! 🍿 6y
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jennw1212
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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Books are my first love, but in high school I also developed a passion for #films I have acquired quite a collection of books about directors and movies that I love.

#NuYear

merelybookish Beautiful Wes Anderson books! 7y
Cinfhen That‘s a beautiful way to blend your love of reading & #films 💕💕 7y
RohitSawant 😍😍 7y
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Andrea313
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Wes Anderson: always #unique. #quotsynov17

merelybookish ❤️ his movies! 7y
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CherylDeFranceschi
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TheWordJar I see what you did with those blinds! Nice! 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I've got the Wes Anderson Collection too! And I read Arsonist's Guide a few years back. 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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Not only is the cover pink but the inside of the book is plenty pink as well. #pinkbooks @jess.how #17booklove

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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Hey! After missing #pinkcovers for #riotgrams I realized I do have one!

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
The Wes Anderson Collection | Matt Zoller Seitz
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Nonfiction has been a pretty recent thing for me. But I love movies and I love books about the making of movies that I love. Plus a random book about the Crusades that I bought because of its badass title. #17booklove @jess.how #nonfictionlove

josie281 I really enjoyed The Jim Henson bio. Huge Muppet and Sesame Street fan 😁 8y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @josie281 Check out Of Muppets and Men on Amazon. A great book that breaks down all the insane work that went into The Muppet Show with amazing pictures of the whole process. 8y
josie281 Oh I will! Thank you!! 8y
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Crystalblu The husband and I listened to the Jim Henson book on a road trip and had to pull over for the last disk. So many tears! 8y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Hey @Soubhiville I'm tagging you here because you should check out Of Muppets and Men which I recommended earlier in these comments. It's the best Muppets related book I've seen! 8y
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kirstyreads
The Wes Anderson Collection | Matt Zoller Seitz
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"...you can't control life, you can only manage your own response to it."

My life goal is to own a pair of Zissou Adidas.

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kirstyreads
The Wes Anderson Collection | Matt Zoller Seitz
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"All movies, of course, are equally artificial; it's just that some are more honest about it than others."

The end papers for this collection are to die for.

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kirstyreads
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A really sweet insight into my favourite director's first seven works, through the mode of engaging and charming interviews, learning more has only made me love them more.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk He's my favorite too. 8y
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wonga
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from Wes Anderson's wonderful movie, illustrations of all the characters 😍🎞🎥#endpapers #readjanuary @RealLifeReading

merelybookish Love his stuff! 8y
RealLifeReading Ooh that's nice 8y
Hobbinol That's too cool! 8y
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Cinfhen Fabulous ❣️ 8y
daena Love this!! 8y
LeahBergen ❤❤ 8y
DebinHawaii Very cool! 👍👍 8y
CherylDeFranceschi ❤❤❤ 8y
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