" Nel Paese delle Creature Selvagge " (or. " Where the Wild Things Are ")
Regia di Spike Jonze , USA, 2009.
Max ( Max Records ) è un ragazzino in età preadolescenziale animato da una più che spiccata fantasia, da una esplosiva energia vitale e da un'altrettanto incontrollabile necessità di attenzioni. Un giorno, dopo l'ennesima incomprensione con la madre e la sorella, fugge di casa e finisce in una lontana foresta popolata da misteriose creature fantastiche tanto goffe quanto devastanti.
Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1963, “ Where the Wild Things Are ” è un classico della letteratura per ragazzi scritto ed illustrato da Maurice Sendak . Un’opera molto conosciuta ed apprezzata negli USA, al punto di essere stata più volte realizzata in forma di cortometraggio animato con tecniche classiche o digitali. Qui, però, vede per la prima volta la luce nella veste di lungometraggio.
Dopo parecchi tentativi di produzione (alcuni dei quali, addirittura, firmati Disney), la storia raggiunge il grande schermo per mano di Spike Jonze , uno dei registi più innovativi, originali ed imprevedibili della “nuova Hollywood ". The imprint of the director is not secondary, both for reasons of production (it seems that the initial involvement of the Universal has failed precisely because of differences with the same Jonze) and for purely stylistic reasons.
Videomaker dynamically formed creating skate videos and music videos, then grew up alongside the cinematic visionary writer Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich and Adaptation ) Spike Jonze has wished to exclude from the beginning a fully animated version and opted for a movie "real", and to entrust of the "creatures" to the Jim Henson Workshop ( The Muppet Show and Labyrinth, to name just a few) and limiting the contributions in computer graphics with some post-production, to give an impression of further substance to the whole body film.
In terms of narrative, the film is very very simple representation, however, is quite complex and visceral. We are facing a "simple" children's film. The representation of the instincts of the young Max are, indeed, represented in a very subtle and nuanced dell'introspettivo to the limit, and its interaction with the "Wild Things" tells us much more modern man than any manual on interpersonal relationships. The more rarefied moments alternate with real explosion of vitality in the wavering and the trend narrative fully reflect the rapid alternation of states of mind of Max, poised between the desire to give free rein to the instincts and the search for a sincere feeling. Not surprisingly, the same production house, saw the result, gave up a promotion aimed at a young target and ended up publicity for the film as a product for an adult audience.
elusive and multifaceted nature of this film tells me that already his admirers will not be many, but I would say it is a wonderful film, sweet, strong, energetic and full of deep meanings even where it seems more superficial.
Certainly not a film for everyone.
pupazzoni Recommended for lovers of the "old school" and all those who can see beyond the apparent carelessness of the boys, those innate motions of the heart which also carried by most major ...
Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1963, “ Where the Wild Things Are ” è un classico della letteratura per ragazzi scritto ed illustrato da Maurice Sendak . Un’opera molto conosciuta ed apprezzata negli USA, al punto di essere stata più volte realizzata in forma di cortometraggio animato con tecniche classiche o digitali. Qui, però, vede per la prima volta la luce nella veste di lungometraggio.
Dopo parecchi tentativi di produzione (alcuni dei quali, addirittura, firmati Disney), la storia raggiunge il grande schermo per mano di Spike Jonze , uno dei registi più innovativi, originali ed imprevedibili della “nuova Hollywood ". The imprint of the director is not secondary, both for reasons of production (it seems that the initial involvement of the Universal has failed precisely because of differences with the same Jonze) and for purely stylistic reasons.
Videomaker dynamically formed creating skate videos and music videos, then grew up alongside the cinematic visionary writer Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich and Adaptation ) Spike Jonze has wished to exclude from the beginning a fully animated version and opted for a movie "real", and to entrust of the "creatures" to the Jim Henson Workshop ( The Muppet Show and Labyrinth, to name just a few) and limiting the contributions in computer graphics with some post-production, to give an impression of further substance to the whole body film.
In terms of narrative, the film is very very simple representation, however, is quite complex and visceral. We are facing a "simple" children's film. The representation of the instincts of the young Max are, indeed, represented in a very subtle and nuanced dell'introspettivo to the limit, and its interaction with the "Wild Things" tells us much more modern man than any manual on interpersonal relationships. The more rarefied moments alternate with real explosion of vitality in the wavering and the trend narrative fully reflect the rapid alternation of states of mind of Max, poised between the desire to give free rein to the instincts and the search for a sincere feeling. Not surprisingly, the same production house, saw the result, gave up a promotion aimed at a young target and ended up publicity for the film as a product for an adult audience.
elusive and multifaceted nature of this film tells me that already his admirers will not be many, but I would say it is a wonderful film, sweet, strong, energetic and full of deep meanings even where it seems more superficial.
Certainly not a film for everyone.
pupazzoni Recommended for lovers of the "old school" and all those who can see beyond the apparent carelessness of the boys, those innate motions of the heart which also carried by most major ...
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