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Spike Jonze and his 'Wild' endeavor
And Karen O, lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, was brought in to create a series of kidlike pop songs for the soundtrack. "In my other movies, I'd worked with actors like John Malkovich, Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage - and I expected the same level of performance from both Max and the Wild Things that I had from all my other actors" Jonze says. Even from a kid actor, and from guys lumbering around in big, furry costumes. Full Article at Philadelphia InquirerIn my other movies, I'd worked with actors like John Malkovich, Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage - and I expected the same level of performance from both Max and the Wild Things that I had from all my other actors
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Spike Jonze and his 'Wild' endeavor
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I was like, 'OK, that's too crazy,'
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We didn't set out to make a children's movie, we set out to make a movie about childhood
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I don't know if we could have chosen a more difficult way to make the movie, but it was the right way to make the movie.
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Just the power of that creation, when somebody invents something that seems so familiar to you - that's a strong feeling
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What Sendak has contributed, before, during, and since the wild things, is a child's grammar of narrative and image sturdy enough to convey the anxiety and adventure, the danger and potential reward of the mortal world - a grammar that can be deciphered by a child too young to read.
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I would look at those pictures - where Max's bedroom turns into a forest - and there was something that felt like magic there
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And part of the reason it all took so long - well, it took so long for a million reasons
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In the same way that's what Maurice Sendak does: Maurice Sendak doesn't look at himself as a children's book author. He looks at himself as someone who's trying to write about childhood in an honest way. And with him as our producer, but really as our mentor, he guided us and inspired us to stay true to...
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It didn't feel like what they knew as a children's movie. To their credit, they've come around and embraced it for what it is.
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