Posts tagged as Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak Interviewed
I think this might be the most upbeat chat with Maurice Sendak that I've ever read.
In The Dark Night Kitchen Of The Soul
"I think I'm getting out just in time. Watching the news, everything seems to be in disorder. Everybody seems to be unhappy. We've lost the knack of living in the world with the sensation of safety. I wonder why people still have children. I mean, why put kids in the world when the world is so insecure? This is how old people rationalize their death. You get a little crotchety with the world." READ MORE
Hands Off That Rumpus, Dave Eggers!
Tom Scocca: So because I am a subscriber to the New Yorker, my current issue is still the August 24 issue, which I guess people could buy off newsstands something like 10 days ago. READ MORE
'Wild Things' Is Good Enough For Maurice Sendak
While hipsters and Choire are falling all over themselves in anticipation of Spike Jonze's forthcoming Where The Wild Things Are, I have been a little less enthusiastic. I mean, sure, I like Arcade Fire just fine, and the preview had its moments, but there's something about the seemingly obvious ways in which they've opened up the story (oh no, Max is upset about his mom's new boyfriend!) that rub me wrong. That said, this feature with author Maurice Sendak puts me slightly more at ease. I'll give it a shot, I guess. But if Michel Gondry explains the titular character's desire for solitude as an expression of millennial discontent in his forthcoming adaptation of One Was Johnny (starring Viggo Mortensen as the robber) I reserve the right to be pissed off.
