Jonze and Eggers' Sendak adaptation proves Wild at heart (1)

Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers’ Where the Wild Things Are remembers something most adults have forgotten: A huge gulf lies between the simplicity of children’s entertainment and the complexity of actual childhood. Growing up may be a time of pure delight, but it also features stretches of agonizing boredom, sudden fright, occasional sorrow and general perplexity at the arbitrary nature of adult rules.

Most artwork aimed at children, even some of the great ones, grabs for the pleasure and maybe a pinch of terror, but seldom attempts to evoke the tangled youthful feelings that go hand-in-hand with the sense of the wonder. Where the Wild Things Are serves as a remarkable exception that grounds its visual splendors in bittersweet realism.

Continue Reading "Jonze and Eggers’ Sendak adaptation proves Wild at heart"

(Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)





Comments

There are no comments at this time.
Jonze and Eggers' Sendak adaptation proves Wild at heart (1)Weekend Arts Agenda:...Matt Damon goes good...Imaad Wasif strikes...Imaad Wasif strikes...Tracklist: YouTube...Tracklist: Happy De...Tracklist: Shabazz...Content:_:Tracklist:...Tracklist: Scenes...Tracklist: Trick or...Tracklist: Spike...Newly unearthed...The Internet is for...Atlanta Jewish Film...Revolutionary Road...Defiance: Anne...Waltz With Bashir...Final fantasy:...Good Hair gets to...Old-fashioned body...Coen brothers' A...Damned United and An...Sandra Bullock Blind...Crude examines the...Movie Review -...Theater Review -...Theater Review -...Theater Review -...