The Work of Directors: Spike Jonze/Chris Cunningham/Michel Gondry [2004] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
FilmmakerIQ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
J. Ott recounts a presentation by “Where the Wild Things Are” Editor Erik Jessen on the editing of Spike Jonze’s film of the classic childrens book. …Last night I went to the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group (LAFCPUG) meeting to hear editor Eric Zumbrunnen and assistant editor Erik Jessen [...]
ChasNote (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Digital Media Buzz: “Digg is digging deeper for the gold. The company is testing a new type of advertisement that surfaces old content previously submitted to Digg, which is relevant to certain advertisers, and allows them to wrap it in their own ad unit. “In the first such ad for Where The Wild Things Are, Warner [...]
SimplyScripts (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over on the Movie Scripts page there are a handful of new scripts courtesty of My PDF Scripts and The Script Collector. Notable among them is the controversial Where The Wild Things Are written by Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers. Commentary on the adaptation has been beaten to death, so I’ll only add that I [...]
More Than Meets the Mogwai (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A month's worth of reviews, articles and interviews. 2009 Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival 2009 Reel Pride Festival: An Interview with director Ron Oliver 2009 Send + Receive Sound Art Festival 2009 WNDX Experimental Film & Video Festival AMREEKA (Cherien Dabis, 2009) CANADA/USA --plus an interview with director Cherien Dabis BRIGHT STAR (Jane Campion, 2009) UK/AUSTRALIA/FRANCE CAIRO TIME...
core77.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Most everyone I know was looking forward to The Where the Wild Things Are movie with great anticipation. It had taken so long to bring to the screen and when it was announced that Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers were collaborating on the film there was an audible buzz about things like integrity and fidelity. As it turned out, the film was not the expected result. It was not a Pixar or Disney animation,...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
HOW FAR can you get with little else but charm and goodwill in your backpack? On the evidence of this enjoyably barmy adaptation of a nonfiction book by Jon Ronson, halfway round the world and back again.
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Karen O’s lively soundtrack sounds best where the wild things aren’t : in the most straightforward bits of childlike indie-pop. Did Spike Jonze get more than he bargained for when he approached Karen O with this project? Most signs point to yes. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman -- and former lover of Jonze’s -- made it a party, and just about everyone’s invited: bandmates Brian...
Culture Vulture (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I was going to write about Away We Go, but part of what persuaded me to watch it (in addition to a recommendation from a good friend) was that I watched Where the Wild Things Are and enjoyed it. The relation between the two is that both are written (co-written) by Dave Eggers, whom I really can't stand. I made it through 1/3 of They Shall Know Our Velocity and I HATED it. But Wild Things convinced...
Amy Grindhouse (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Model/ actress Rebecca Romijn is 37. Actress Emma Stone Zombieland and Superbad is 21. Actress Kelly Rutherford Melrose Place is 41. Actor Ethan Hawke is 39. Actress Thandie Newton is 37. Actress Lori Singer Fame and Footloose is 52. Actor Peter DeLuise SeaQuest DSV and 21 Jump Street is 43. Image credit to CAM/Fame Pictures. Related Posts You May Like:Birthday Skanks & [...]
Tastes Like Caramel (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Wednesday October 23rd belonged to Hype Machine/ Babelgum with their fantastic daytime showcase at Santos Party House with FREE Heineken and glow stick accessories. The line-up consisted of one of our favorite new bands Sleigh Bells, VEGA, Theophilus London and a closing set by Midnight Juggernauts and soundtracked by DJ Alan Wilkis. Spotted at the [...]
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Now that the World Series is over and the Yankees have won their 27th World Championship life around these parts can get back to normal. No more scheduling things around game time, waiting till the last out to go out, and missing everything I hope to see! That means this weekend I will finally have a chance to see Where the Wild Things Are my second most anticipated movie of the year ( The Road is...
SciFi Scanner (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Directors like Spike Jonze and Quentin Tarantino may have come close to directing scifi, but they rank among people like Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann who should be working in the genre.
NTU 07-10 (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
From motherboard.tv ... You’ve heard of this film Where the Wild Things Are by now, maybe? Well, back during the making of movie, Motherboard’s own Shane Smith headed over to London and caught up with the film’s director, Spike Jonze, and his legion of masterminds as they toiled away at the digital artistry that would ultimately breathe life into the creatures known as the Wild Things....
NerdwithSwag.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Recent participant in the designers in residence programme at the design museum in london, Marc Owens has constructed the avatar machine. Replicating the aesthetics and visuals of virtual gaming, the “Avatar Machine” provides patrons with the ability to become virtual characters, in real space through a head mounted interface. Get a better feel for the [...] Related posts: Hot Toys Debuts...
Dimes (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Here is something interesting! Spike Jonze's new short film is called "We Were Once A Fairytale", with Kanye West.
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