The Grand Budapest Hotel (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Wes Anderson brings his dry wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper set amid the old-world splendor of Europe between the World Wars. At the opulent Grand Budapest Hotel, the concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his young protégé Zero (Tony Revolori) forge a steadfast bond as they are swept up in a scheme involving the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune—while around them, political upheaval consumes the continent. Meticulously designed, The Grand Budapest Hotel is a breathless picaresque and a poignant paean to friendship and the grandeur of a vanished world, performed with panache by an all-star ensemble that includes F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, Tilda Swinton, and Bill Murray. Director-approved blu-ray special edition features • 2K digital transfer, supervised by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • New audio commentary featuring Anderson, filmmaker Roman Coppola, and actor Jeff Goldblum • Selected-scene storyboard animatics • The Making of “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a new documentary about the film • New interviews with the cast and crew • Video essays from 2015 and 2020 by critic Matt Zoller Seitz and film scholar David Bordwell • Behind-the-scenes, special-effects, and test footage • Trailer • Plus: Two pieces by critic Richard Brody and a double-sided poster and other ephemera. The Grand Budapest Hotel (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]