The Wes Anderson Collection: Isle of Dogs is the only book to take
readers behind the scenes of the beloved auteur's newest stop-motion
animated film. Through the course of several in-depth interviews with
film critic Lauren Wilford, writer and director Wes Anderson shares the
story behind Isle of Dogs's conception and production, and Anderson
and his collaborators reveal entertaining anecdotes about the making of
the film, their sources of inspiration, the ins and outs of stop-motion
animation, and many other insights into their moviemaking process.
Previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photographs, concept artwork,
and hand-written notes and storyboards accompany the text. The book also
features an introduction by critics and collaborators Taylor Ramos and
Tony Zhou, and a foreword by critic Matt Zoller Seitz. The fourth volume
of the New York Times bestselling Wes Anderson Collection, Isle of
Dogs stays true to the series with its rich design and colorful
illustrations, capturing Anderson's signature aesthetic vision and
bringing the series's definitive study of Anderson's filmography up to
date.
Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to
corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets
of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island,
Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across
the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the
assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic
journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
The film features the voices of Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward
Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Kunichi Nomura, Akira
Takayama, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, F. Murray Abraham, Tilda
Swinton, Akira Ito, Yoko Ono, Mari Natsuko, Harvey Keitel, Courtney B.
Vance, Ken Watanabe, Scarlett Johnasson, Fisher Stevens, Nijiro
Murakami, and Liev Schreiber.
