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I was just thinking the other day that I need to pick up a copy of Maurice Sendak's classic Where The Wild Things Are, it's been years since I read it but I, like most of us, remember being hypnotized by the book as a child.
And now in the NY Times there's an article about the possibility of a film happening soon, to be directed by Spike Jonze (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich), which sounds pretty darn good. I like Jonze's films a lot, but I think I'd choose his partner in "cool" moviemaking Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) first for this project, but hey, I'm not Maurice Sendak and don't have complete power over what happens with the book.
Which is great - it's nice to see the author has so much power here and we're not going to get a aborted adaptation of Suessian scale (or to quote Sendak as regards to the films made recently of Suess' books: "What is the purpose of this debauchery? Money! Only a seriously sick or brainless person could like them." Indeed.
Gondry just oozes a more dreamlike whimsy in his work - the weird worlds of Jonze's films (think of the scene in Malkovich where everyone has a John Malkovich head, for instance) are less whimsical and more pragmatic, more concerned with how we dream than what and why we dream, if that makes any sense.
Still, to get back on topic, I think it could make for a fine film, and I'm excited to see what comes of it. And I need to go pick up a copy of the book and revisit Sendak's creatures again.
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And now in the NY Times there's an article about the possibility of a film happening soon, to be directed by Spike Jonze (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich), which sounds pretty darn good. I like Jonze's films a lot, but I think I'd choose his partner in "cool" moviemaking Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) first for this project, but hey, I'm not Maurice Sendak and don't have complete power over what happens with the book.
Which is great - it's nice to see the author has so much power here and we're not going to get a aborted adaptation of Suessian scale (or to quote Sendak as regards to the films made recently of Suess' books: "What is the purpose of this debauchery? Money! Only a seriously sick or brainless person could like them." Indeed.
Gondry just oozes a more dreamlike whimsy in his work - the weird worlds of Jonze's films (think of the scene in Malkovich where everyone has a John Malkovich head, for instance) are less whimsical and more pragmatic, more concerned with how we dream than what and why we dream, if that makes any sense.
Still, to get back on topic, I think it could make for a fine film, and I'm excited to see what comes of it. And I need to go pick up a copy of the book and revisit Sendak's creatures again.
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