Matt Zoller Seitz, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in
criticism, is the TV critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com,
as well as the editor in chief of RogerEbert.com.
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 The L Magazine, among other outlets. His five-part 2009 video
essay, “Wes Anderson: The Substance of Style,” was later spun off
into a New York Times bestselling hardcover book series: The Wes
Anderson Collection (Abrams, 2013) and The Wes Anderson Collection:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Abrams, 2015).
Seitz is the founder and original editor of the House Next Door,
now a part of Slant Magazine, 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 Home.
Michael Chabon is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of many
novels, including the recent Telegraph Avenue. He lives in
Berkeley, California, with his wife and four children.
Max Dalton 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 The
Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel (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.
“In The Wes Anderson Collection, Seitz expands a series of video
essays on Anderson’s influences, illuminating as much of Anderson’s
process as possible in a massive, beautifully rendered volume.
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*
“Your coffee table wants—no, scratch that—needs this book . . .
Packed with 400 images of everything from behind-the-scenes set
shots to makeup inspiration to hand-drawn storyboards, the massive
tome is pure eye candy. But in addition to the visuals, Seitz also
dives deep into each and every Anderson film.”
*NYLON*
“A magical tour of Wes Anderson’s filmography.”
*C magazine*
“Each page of this book—filled with conversations, photographs and
artwork surrounding each film—showcases Anderson’s pop-culture
inspirations from Hitchcock and Star Wars 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.”
*FILTER*
“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 like a still
representation of Rushmore’s opening montage.”
*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. In this way, the book mimics the work.”
*Complex.com*
“It’s smart, informative, and looks beautiful. In other words, it’s
the perfect gift.”
*Complex magazine*
“The essence of a few of his beloved films… is captured in this New
York Times bestselling overview.”
*Variety magazine*
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