Comments on: Puppetry: Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You? http://puppetvision.info/2009/11/puppetry-coming-soon-to-a-theatre-near-you.html All about the best puppetry in film, video and on the web. Usually updated daily. Wed, 16 May 2012 17:24:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alan Cook http://puppetvision.info/2009/11/puppetry-coming-soon-to-a-theatre-near-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-452 Alan Cook Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:55:34 +0000 http://puppetvision.info/?p=1758#comment-452 I finally saw WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. It had been on my to do list. But frankly, I felt some disappointment. The biggest problem for me was the jerky camera movement which induced a bit of sea-sickness or nausea. It was as dramatic a contrast to camera work in A SINGLE MAN as I could imagine. The WILD BEINGS had the desired quality of being close to the original book ikllustrations--which was a plus. I had greater satisfaction from seeing BEING JOHN MALKOVITCH-- which pulled off making a fantastic entry into Malkovich's brain believable. And BEING JOHN MALKOVICH was not saddled with jerky camera work. Amplifying a short book with minimal wordage into a feature film can be a challenge. But to have the boy actually set out in a real boat in search of a wild land, instead of fnding it within the walls of his bedroom, for me, misses a point of the book. As a kid, I travelled to space in my dreams, saw moving patterns in wallpaper. I finally saw WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. It had been on my to do list. But frankly, I felt some disappointment. The biggest problem for me was the jerky camera movement which induced a bit of sea-sickness or nausea. It was as dramatic a contrast to camera work in A SINGLE MAN as I could imagine.

The WILD BEINGS had the desired quality of being close to the original book ikllustrations–which was a plus. I had greater satisfaction from seeing BEING JOHN MALKOVITCH– which pulled off making a fantastic entry into Malkovich’s brain believable. And BEING JOHN MALKOVICH was not saddled with jerky camera work.

Amplifying a short book with minimal wordage into a feature film can be a challenge. But to have the boy actually set out in a real boat in search of a wild land, instead of fnding it within the walls of his bedroom, for me, misses a point of the book.

As a kid, I travelled to space in my dreams, saw moving patterns in wallpaper.

]]> By: Alan Cook http://puppetvision.info/2009/11/puppetry-coming-soon-to-a-theatre-near-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-450 Alan Cook Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:34:00 +0000 http://puppetvision.info/?p=1758#comment-450 Two pupet films well worth seeing more than once were/are CORALINE and FANTASTIC MR. FOX. BOTH were among the best films of recent memory, both were expertly put tgether "by hand". Two pupet films well worth seeing more than once were/are CORALINE and FANTASTIC MR. FOX. BOTH were among the best films of recent memory, both were expertly put tgether “by hand”.

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