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So you may have already heard that there’s going to be a Higglety Pigglety Pop! short film as a bonus feature on the Where the Wild Things Are Blu-Ray, which is coming out March 2. Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life is of course the other major chidren’s book by Maurice Sendak. It’s a surreal story about a dog looking for Experience.
The film is semi-animated (there are puppets involved) by the filmmakers of Madame Tutli-Putli and includes the voice-acting of Meryl Streep (Jennie), Forest Whitaker (Lion), Spike Jonze (Plant). The production design – as in Tutli Putli - is rich and stunning. Streep is perfect as usual.
A lot of the sets and puppets were also made by students from the Film Animation Major at Concordia University :)
sweetarchivia said, on 2/26/2010 3:15:00 PM
Wow this is some gorgeous animation…
byrilla said, on 2/27/2010 3:21:00 AM
Can't wait!
sazkove kancelare said, on 2/27/2010 7:05:00 AM
great idea,great project.Wish all the best
JoeyC said, on 2/27/2010 7:18:00 AM
Man, these look amazing. They totally capture the self-serving attitude of Jennie–all wrapped up in an adorable package. That wagging tail is perfect!
I don't really think there's a minor children's book by Sendak, but there are more than a few that people regard as major works besides Higglety Pigglety Pop!, including 1970's In The Night Kitchen, along with books that Sendak did with Ruth Krauss, Janice May Udry and others.
????????? said, on 2/28/2010 12:47:00 PM
Haha, very good!
Thanks for the sharing.
fiftyfootelvis said, on 2/28/2010 6:16:00 PM
You know, I hated the “Where the Wild Things Are” movie so much I'm afraid to even look at this. Mr. Jonze sucked all the fun and life and wild rumpus out of the story and replaced it with a lot of depressing baggage from his own, presumably, unhappy childhood. More like “Where the Pathetic, Suicidal, Manic-Depressive Things Are.”
hugger_mugger2 said, on 3/1/2010 6:25:00 AM
i also thought “Where the Wild Things Are” was a disappointment, i was expecting it to be good. but i still liked the visual, this one looks pretty nice too, i like the cat. nothing all that original but better than a cheesy modern look.
With the highly anticipated release of Where The Wild Things Are just around the corner, We Love You So has been set up as a way of sharing the varied influences of the film. While it’s fun to read though each post, I especially enjoyed the posting that included this clip of Shel Silverstein performing on the Johnny Cash Show.
Shel Silverstein with Johnny Cash is such a contradiction but then again a sung verse hits a universal chord in all of us. The message is always the end result, no matter where it originates from. Be it children’s literature or country music. A Boy Named Sue would be a wonderful idea for a children’s book. The cross contamination of ideas is really a healthy one when ideas flow freely and merge over to other genres. Here is a perfect example of this. This year there was a book called:
A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein. Ideas just flow freely like a tapestry of entwined string of thoughts.
A lot of the sets and puppets were also made by students from the Film Animation Major at Concordia University :)
Wow this is some gorgeous animation…
Can't wait!
great idea,great project.Wish all the best
Man, these look amazing. They totally capture the self-serving attitude of Jennie–all wrapped up in an adorable package. That wagging tail is perfect!
I don't really think there's a minor children's book by Sendak, but there are more than a few that people regard as major works besides Higglety Pigglety Pop!, including 1970's In The Night Kitchen, along with books that Sendak did with Ruth Krauss, Janice May Udry and others.
Haha, very good!
Thanks for the sharing.
You know, I hated the “Where the Wild Things Are” movie so much I'm afraid to even look at this.
Mr. Jonze sucked all the fun and life and wild rumpus out of the story and replaced it with a lot of depressing baggage from his own, presumably, unhappy childhood. More like “Where the Pathetic, Suicidal, Manic-Depressive Things Are.”
i also thought “Where the Wild Things Are” was a disappointment, i was expecting it to be good. but i still liked the visual, this one looks pretty nice too, i like the cat. nothing all that original but better than a cheesy modern look.