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Wes Anderson: The Archives
This is the first ever fully authorised book to cover Wes Anderson’s 30-year career in film, richly illustrated with photographs of never-before seen notebooks, polaroids and objects from Anderson’s archive.
This is the first ever fully authorised book to cover Wes Anderson’s 30-year career in film, richly illustrated with photographs of never-before seen notebooks, polaroids and objects from Anderson’s archive, including props from Rushmore, costumes from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and signage from The Darjeeling Limited.
The book features extensive interviews with some of Anderson’s long-term collaborators, such as actors Owen Wilson, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman and Tilda Swinton; composer Alexandre Desplat, musician Seu Jorge and music supervisor Randall Poster; as well as an extensive interview with Wes Anderson himself, reflecting on his films and working process.
The book also includes essays by leading film writers including Isabel Stevens (Sight & Sound), Matthieu Orléan (Cinémathèque française) and Vincent Maluasa (Cahiers de Cinéma) looking at key themes of Anderson’s cinematic work; the design and style of Anderson’s films are explored in essays by design curators like Glenn Adamson, Johanna Agerman Ross and Lucia Savi.
The book accompanies the first ever retrospective of Wes Andersons work, an exhibition produced and curated jointly by Cinémathèque française in Paris and the Design Museum in London.
This is the first ever fully authorised book to cover Wes Anderson’s 30-year career in film, richly illustrated with photographs of never-before seen notebooks, polaroids and objects from Anderson’s archive, including props from Rushmore, costumes from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and signage from The Darjeeling Limited.
The book features extensive interviews with some of Anderson’s long-term collaborators, such as actors Owen Wilson, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman and Tilda Swinton; composer Alexandre Desplat, musician Seu Jorge and music supervisor Randall Poster; as well as an extensive interview with Wes Anderson himself, reflecting on his films and working process.
The book also includes essays by leading film writers including Isabel Stevens (Sight & Sound), Matthieu Orléan (Cinémathèque française) and Vincent Maluasa (Cahiers de Cinéma) looking at key themes of Anderson’s cinematic work; the design and style of Anderson’s films are explored in essays by design curators like Glenn Adamson, Johanna Agerman Ross and Lucia Savi.
The book accompanies the first ever retrospective of Wes Andersons work, an exhibition produced and curated jointly by Cinémathèque française in Paris and the Design Museum in London.
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296 pages, Paperback
Published October 30, 2025
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January 14, 2026
Super fun and great insight into the process. Really inspiring and makes me want to make movies with my friends again.
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June 4, 2025Conscience professionnelle oblige, j'ai parcouru le catalogue de l'exposition Anderson qui se déroule à la Cinémathèque en ce moment. L'ensemble me parrait inégal. Il y a étonnement beaucoup d'échanges avec les photographes de plateau et de tournage ! De manière assez inattendue, je retiens surtout les interviews des acteurices Ralph Fienes, Tilda Swinton et Scarlett Johansson qui sont particulièrement enrichissantes sur la manière dont un•e comédien•ne peut composer avec son jeu et se préparer pour son rôle.
Pour les fans hardcore hardcore et celleux qui aiment lire en diagonale. Ah et y a un léger gaufrage de la photo sur la couverture, quand on glisse son doigt dessus c'est superrrrrr
Pour les fans hardcore hardcore et celleux qui aiment lire en diagonale. Ah et y a un léger gaufrage de la photo sur la couverture, quand on glisse son doigt dessus c'est superrrrrr
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