Written, directed and edited by Ruairi Robinson for 45k euro, Blinky is a sharp-looking 12-minute short that stars Where the Wild Things Are's Max Records as an petulant, spoiled child whose relationship with an indentured companion robot deteriorates in some fairly surprising ways. Director Robinson also did all the 3D robot modeling and provided the voice for Blinky, and after seeing the results, I think you'll agree he should be respectively commended and sued by Dave Coulier for theft of riotous Jackalope voice.
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At last, child screaming is being used for something better than alerting nearby authorities. Spike Jonze and Karen O harnessed untrained kid vocals for the Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack (remember listening to that?), and now there's this featurette where you can see how they did it, why they did it, if Jonze cried the first time he saw picture & music matched up, etc.
Enjoy--or decry as over-hyped hipster bullshit, if you want to pee on my party:
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New Where the Wild Things Are photos and information on the New York Times, everyone. I'm hoping that if I expose myself to enough of the film to numb my senses a bit before it comes out, maybe my awe and weeping can be kept inaudible in the theater. Though, I guess it will be pretty hard to hear the bawling and gasps through the paper-mâché monster mask I'll be wearing anyway.
After my unplanned absence Friday ("shit happens" novelty t-shirts were right: shit does happen), let's start the catch-up process with the new trailer for Where the Wild Things Are. Director Spike Jonze has created an emotion microwave--two-and-a-half minutes and your heart should be warmed throughout:
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If Paul Thomas Anderson directed a Wes Anderson script, the seven minute opening to Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom would inevitably be the result. The Ricky Jay narration and frequent, dramatic camera push-ins of PTA have merged with the precocious, costumed children and slow-motion walking-to-music requirements of the Wes. When the two directors get to their daily afternoon Hulu watching session, they're going to spit take in each others faces at this:
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USA Today has new Where the Wild Things Are production stills! If you can stare at these endearing and fantastical photos without your pupils burning, it means you aren't composed of pure evil. They are the new goodness/evilness litmus test.
DO IT.
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