A collection of works by American film director Wes Anderson. Co-authored by film director Johan Chiaramonte and art historian Camille Mathieu.
This “museum” is a book that invites readers deep into the world of Wes Anderson. It is packed with a diverse and comprehensive collection of items from that world, including film stills, accessories, clothing, souvenirs, books, and strange and delightful ephemera. This treasure chest, which draws us in and makes us lose ourselves in its pages, offers extraordinary insight into the literature, music, and cinema that have influenced the author, with its scope ranging from Indian cinema and French pop music to Italian speed car racing, The New Yorker magazine, and the works of J. D. Salinger.
The museum’s collection includes a recipe for a ham sandwich from the café “Le Sans Blague” in The French Dispatch (2021 / released in Japan in 2022), the history of Tang, which the campers in Moonrise Kingdom (2012 / released in Japan in 2013) favored, and the secret of L’Air de Panache, the cologne worn by the concierge in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Readers will discover Anderson’s connections to the balalaika, The Beatles, and Benjamin Britten, and learn how he was influenced by the films of Hal Ashby, Satyajit Ray, Orson Welles, Mike Nichols, and Francis Ford Coppola. Packed with information that will surprise even the most devoted fans, this colorful treasury is both a thoroughly comprehensive reference work and a deeply entertaining experience.
Welcome to the Wes Anderson museum—a place packed with illustrations, ephemera, trivia, and insightful commentary, and as whimsical and visually arresting as the cult director’s films themselves.
This museum in book form takes readers deep into the world of Wes Anderson. Bursting with an exhaustive and eclectic collection of film stills, accessories, clothes, souvenirs, books, and delightfully bizarre ephemera, this immersive treasury offers extraordinary insight into Wes Anderson’s literary, musical, and cinematic influences, which range from Indian cinema, French pop music, Italian speed car racing, to The New Yorker magazine and the work of J. D. Salinger.
Among the museum’s artifacts are a recipe for a ham sandwich from The French Dispatch’s Le Sans Blague café; the history of Tang—the drink of choice for the campers in Moonrise Kingdom; and the secret of L’Air de Panache, the cologne worn by the concierge of the Grand Budapest Hotel. Readers will discover Anderson’s connections to the balalaika, The Beatles, and Benjamin Britten, and they’ll discover how the filmmaker was inspired by the works of Hal Ashby, Satyajit Ray, Orson Welles, Mike Nichols, and Francis Ford Coppola. Perfect for dipping into and filled with information that will surprise even the most diehard Wes Anderson fan, this technicolor treasury is as profoundly entertaining as it is authoritative.
