The Wes Anderson Collection
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00WS2O6TE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 401 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Bookforum 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—perfectl
"Hmm" "Because usually you can do whatever you want. Instead, you have to encourage those people to use all their powers, because they're the experts. They have so much to bring to you, once you get them to provide it. But that's all part of managing a group. Something it just backfires, but most of the time it's fun." - Wes Anderson on processAbove is basically the gist of this book. The other title really could've/should've been Anderson/Seitz ala Hitchcock/Truffaut. It's difficult actually for me to give. "Absolutely Perfect" according to Ashley. 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. LuLu said cool book. This really is a cool book. It is filled with pictures and interviews. Nice cover, so makes a great coffee table book- especially for a guy. My cool book This really is a cool book. It is filled with pictures and interviews. Nice cover, so makes a great coffee table book- especially for a guy. My 30 year old brother was really interested and looked through it for a long time.. 0 year old brother was really interested and looked through it for a long time.
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 “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. Writer/director Wes Anderson guides movie/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz through Anderson's life and career in a 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