We certainly know what we will be doing this weekend. Where the Wild Thing Are has always been one of the kids all time favorite books. It's released in movie theaters today. Little Maya reads this book several nights a week.... one of her absolute favorites. Mitchell has had a picture depicting this book framed on his wall since he was a toddler. He used to say that he was "Max".Maurice Sendak, also the beloved creator of Little Bear, is an interesting guy. Many years ago I read about him and his iconic childhood creations. Some of his characters have a dark side...and others like Little Bear, are the most tender and loving stories you could ever imagine.
As I recall, Maruice Sendak is quite a conflicted man. I believe now he's in his 80's and has lived a very quiet isolated life. As a child he was sickly and his younger years were filled with a lot of sadness and fear. His father, a Holocaust survivor, told stories that ultimately terribly traumatized him. His relationship with his father was a difficult one. I remember reading he was permanently scarred as a child over the Lindbergh kidnapping, and always worried if he would be stolen in the night.
All this turmoil ultimately lead him to create some of the most interesting and wonderful children's stories and characters of all time. He is famous for touching not only on the dark but the tender side of childhood often producing controversial children's stories. Not only a writer, Maurice Sendak is also the illustrator of all this magic too, which I feel really places him as one of the most talented artists and authors we have in America.
I can't wait to experience this movie... let's hope it's a good one... It has a lot to live up to. The soundtrack has at least two great songs one by Arcade Fire, "Wake Up" and the other by Karen O, "All is Love"... now on my blog.
Here's the official movie trailer:
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/where-the-wild-things-are/trailer
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