'Where the Wild Things Are' Has Cassavetesian Dialogue

I just spent the last 20 or so minutes reading a pretty expansive New York Times Article about Where the Wild Things Are and the life and career of its director, Spike Jonze. Maybe you should too, friend. Excerpt:

When I sat down with Jonze, I’d just seen a rough cut of the movie, and although I’d been expecting something unusual, I hadn’t quite been prepared for either the Cassavetes-speak or the lack of any clear conflict or resolution. I told Jonze I’d imagined something more along the lines of a traditional children’s fantasy film, something like “Harry Potter,” for example.

He looked at me as if I’d let him down. “It’s in the visual language of, like, some sort of fantasy film, and it is a fantasy film to some degree,” he acknowledged, “but the tone of it is its own tone. We wanted it all to feel true to a 9-year-old and not have some big movie speech where a 9-year-old is suddenly reciting the wisdom of the sage.”

Good for printing on your company's dime, sneaking into the bathroom and wasting some time you can later blame on lady-problems (or, if you're male, blame on masturbating).

(via JoBlo)

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