Where The Wild Things Are (Jonze, 2009)
Among the things I have never really been able to shake are the few pages in the middle of Where the Wild Things Are that don’t even have words. There are just big, fat and feathery beasts cavorting, swinging from branches, and tumbling about in a stylized forest – and then the book gets back to words briefly before it closes. I learned a lot from this book as a child. It showed me that the world is a carnivorous place. It is one of the things that taught me what words... Read More
What a rush.
I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair But I can’t bear to breathe it in somehow - Joe Henry, “You Can’t Fail Me Now” The trailer for Spike Jonze’s movie Where the Wild Things Are spread like wildfire across the Internet this week. Call it “The Tweet heard around the world.” And it caught my attention for many reasons. First, it’s a beautiful trailer, a perfect match of imagery and music. As it begins, a boy wakes... Read More
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