Oct 15, 2009

Where The Wild Things Are: best stills of 2009



So far I haven't come across a still from Where the Wild Things Are, the new Spike Jonze movie, that hasn't been mesmerising. Each one has stopped me in my tracks. The film has been hauntingly shot, clearly, in unusually beautiful part of Australia; but it's also the sure pleasure of seeing real, non-CGI creatures that are actually standing there, in the same frame as the kid, catching the light this way or that. You don't realise how much you miss it until you see it.

5 comments:

  1. LidiaAOctober 16, 2009 at 3:05 AM

    it's a magical book, I can't wait to see this.

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  2. AntipodesOctober 16, 2009 at 5:39 PM

    "in unusually beautiful part of Australia"

    Bah, why is it unusually beautiful, I've spent 21 years down here and there are a lot of great landscapes :P

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  3. Tom ShoneOctober 17, 2009 at 12:03 AM

    No offense intended. I meant 'beautiful even by Australia's standards.'

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  4. AntipodesOctober 19, 2009 at 7:15 AM

    yay! Great blog post then.

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  5. Where The Wild Things are SoundTrackMarch 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    There is so much to love about this movie. It speaks to the heart. But before you head out with the whole family, heed this warning. Certain scene involving the monsters might be a bit too overwhelming.

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