Tell them anything you want : a portrait of Maurice Sendak / director, Lance Bangs, Spike Jonze.
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 te...
| Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Language: | English |
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English dialogue; English subtitles. |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Distributed by Oscilloscope Pictures,
2010.
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Portrait of Maurice Sendak. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Tell them anything you want (ca. 40 min.). Family
- The Brothers Sendak
- Wild things
- A happy book
- Gay artist
- Death, death, death
- Lindbergh baby
- The accident
- Need to achieve
- "A lucky man."
- More Maurice stuff. Maurice at the World's Fair (ca. 3 min.)
- Q & A at the Museum of Modern Art (ca. 29 min.)
- Birthday tributes at the 92nd St. Y (ca. 17 min.) : James Gandolfini delivers "In the night kitchen" ; Meryl Streep reads "The sign on Rosie's door" ; Catherine Keener delivers one of Maurice's own speeches in recognition of his work ; Maurice Sendak gives thanks.