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...plain lines and eighteen colorful illustrations—this is all that comprises Maurice Sendak??s beloved 1963 children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are.” And yet, through the eyes of director Spike Jonze, Sendak??s anarchic world undergoes a creative transformation that reaches far beyond the modest offerings of the book. Jonze takes Sendak??s world of childhood rebellion and roguish imagination and spins it into an extended discourse on growing up and the importance of family...
Jonze, together with Dave Eggers—who dipped into screenwriting earlier this year with Sam Mendes’ “Away We Go”—crafted nine compassionate, insecure, and endearingly humorous beasts from the mute monsters of Sendak??s book. A compelling combination of animatronics and CGI, these gargantuan monsters come to life with the exceptional voice work of Oscar-winning greats like Forest Whitaker and Chris Cooper...
Jonze imitates Sendak??s cramped illustrations of Max’s life at home with up-close, claustrophobic frames in the first part of the film. As the book continues, Sendak??s illustrations grow larger, eventually encompassing two pages; in the film, these expansive depictions of Max’s imagined realm become vast frames of striking deserts and forests that swallow viewers whole...
...their title with some kind of punctuation? Regardless, the sight of a Max from “Where the Wild Things Are” look-alike poking a mummy underneath the word “Mommy” is a fabulous reminder of why puns—and Maurice Sendak??are great. I have to admit though that the mummy, dripping in bandages that look like fresh pasta, is mildly terrifying, as is the goofy green-eyed ghoul on the back cover. From the thickness of the spine, and its light weight, it seems like pop-up book...
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