Spike Jonze Directs Mischief, 'Wild Things'
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When children's book author Maurice Sendak asked his friend, director Spike Jonze, to make a film based on his book Where the Wild Things Are, Jonze initially declined.
The book, which tells the story of a mischievous boy named Max who is sent to bed without supper and winds up visiting an island inhabited by big-eyed monsters, is heavy on illustration and light on dialogue — not exactly a perfect recipe for a screenplay. But Jonze tells Terry Gross that as he thought more about the project, he began to get inspired.
The book, which tells the story of a mischievous boy named Max who is sent to bed without supper and winds up visiting an island inhabited by big-eyed monsters, is heavy on illustration and light on dialogue — not exactly a perfect recipe for a screenplay. But Jonze tells Terry Gross that as he thought more about the project, he began to get inspired.
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