The Grand Budapest Hotel. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1925 book, Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
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Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
Stefan Zweig, 1925
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Wes Anderson, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.


The Grand Budapest Hotel. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1939 book, Beware of Pity
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Beware of Pity
Stefan Zweig, 1939
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Wes Anderson, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.


The Grand Budapest Hotel. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1942 book, The World of Yesterday
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The World of Yesterday
Stefan Zweig, 1942
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Wes Anderson, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.


Fantastic Mr. Fox. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1970 book
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, 1970
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Wes Anderson, 2009

While raiding Berk’s Squab Farm, Mr. Fox triggers a fox trap caging himself along with his wife Felicity. Mr. Fox, now a newspaper columnist, moves the family into a better home inside a tree, ignoring the warnings of his lawyer, about how dangerous the area is for foxes due to its proximity to facilities run by three feared farmers: Boggis (a chicken farmer), Bunce (a duck and goose farmer) and Bean (a turkey and apple farmer).


Hitchcock/Truffaut. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 1966 book, Hitchcock
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Hitchcock
François Truffaut, 1966
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Kent Jones, 2015

In 1962 Hitchcock and Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-scène in cinema. The film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time. Hitchcock’s incredibly modern art is elucidated and explained by today’s leading filmmakers: Scorsese, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, James Gray, Olivier Assayas, Richard Linklater, Peter Bogdanovich and Paul Schrader.


The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1977 book, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
Roald Dahl, 1977
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Wes Anderson, 2023

The film portrays an array of stories, with the primary focus on Henry Sugar, gifted with the ability to see through objects and foresee the future, all thanks to a pilfered book.


Poison. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1950 book
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Poison
Roald Dahl, 1950
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Wes Anderson, 2023

When a deadly snake crawls onto the stomach of an Englishman in India, his colleague and a doctor hurry to rescue him.


The Rat Catcher. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2012 book, The Ratcatcher
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The Ratcatcher
Roald Dahl, 2012
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Wes Anderson, 2023

In an English village, a journalist and a mechanic listen as a rat catcher describes his ingenious strategy to outsmart his quarry.


The Swan. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1977 book
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The Swan
Roald Dahl, 1977
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Wes Anderson, 2023

Ernie, a school bully, is gifted a rifle on his 15th birthday. Initially used for hunting birds, Ernie and his friend turn their cruelty towards Peter Watson, the school’s brightest student.