the wes anderson collection the grand budapest hotel book

Through a series of interviews with Seitz, Anderson shares the story behind The Grand Budapest Hotel’s conception, personal anecdotes about the making of the film, and the wide variety of sources that inspired it-from author Stefan Zweig to filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch to photochrom landscapes from turn-of-the-century Middle Europe.

Seitz describes The Grand Budapest Hotel perfectly: “It’s a twelve-layer wedding cake of a film, yet, as you’re devouring it, you don’t necessarily think about all the work that went into it-only that it’s delicious.” Now he takes readers behind the scenes to dissect every layer. The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel will launch with a six-city book tour, sponsored in part by Ace Hotel, with author Matt Zoller Seitz: Book Soup in Los Angeles The Booksmith in San Francisco Powell’s City of Books in Portland The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Denver The Strand in Manhattan and BookCourt and Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn. A companion to the New York Times bestseller The Wes Anderson Collection (Abrams 2013), this is the only book to offer readers an in-depth look at Anderson’s acclaimed eighth feature film, which is nominated for nine Oscars® including Best Picture, and is the Golden Globe® winner for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. $40.00), by cultural critic Matt Zoller Seitz. Golden Globe® Winner for Best Picture, Musical or ComedyĪBRAMS kicks off awards season with the highly anticipated The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Abrams FebruU.S. The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel

The wes anderson collection the grand budapest hotel book