Tell them anything you want [a portrait of Maurice Sendak]

DVD 2010

This is a deeply moving portrait of Maurice Sendak, a seminal talent who is conflicted with his success, and whose lifelong obsession with death has subtly and ironically influenced his work. Now 81, Sendak is best known for his first book, Where the wild things are, which he wrote after spending ten years as an illustrator. Through his own words, firsthand photos, and illustrations, Sendak offers a rare, intimate, and unexpected look at his exce...

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1 digital videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
NTSC
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Not rated, contains course language

Other Title:

Portrait of Maurice Sendak

Notes:

Special features include: Maurice at the World's Fair, a humorous take on a story from Maurice's childhood, with Spike Jonze and Catherine Keener ; Q&A with Spike Jonze and Maurice Sendak at the Museum of Modern Art ; Maurice's birthday tribute with Meryl Streep, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener ; exclusive essay by Tony Kushner
Music by Karen O and Carter Burwell
Featuring: Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Meryl Streep
Region: all, NTSC ; 3.0 surround sound
Language and subtitles: English
Some copies have closed captioning for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

726992

UPC:

896602002227

Other Authors:

Bangs, Lance, director
Burwell, Carter, composer
Gandolfini, James
HBO Documentary Films
Hill, Hunter, producer
Jonze, Spike, director
Keener, Catherine
Kushner, Tony
Landay, Vincent, producer
Moore, Perry, producer
O, Karen, 1978- composer
Oscilloscope Pictures
Sarofim, Allison, 1968- producer
Sendak, Maurice
Sixty-Six Productions (Firm)
Streep, Meryl

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