The Wes Anderson Collection: Asteroid City

The Wes Anderson Collection: Asteroid City is the official behind-the-scenes companion to Anderson’s visually spectacular 2023 film — a movie-within-a-TV-show set in a mid-century American desert town where a Junior Stargazer competition is interrupted by an unexplained cosmic event. Written by critic Matt Zoller Seitz, this richly illustrated volume features original artwork, storyboards, production design details, and in-depth conversations with Anderson and his extraordinary ensemble cast. As with all volumes in the Wes Anderson Collection series, Seitz’s analytical writing illuminates the film’s layered structure, its visual references, and the meticulous craftsmanship behind every frame. Published by Abrams with 256 pages of full-colour illustration, this book is both a cinephile’s guide and a collector’s object — a worthy companion to one of Anderson’s most formally adventurous and emotionally resonant films.