

Cut strange expression on Max’s face in the Kitchen. Needed to be removed to help aid the fluidity of the transition back to the real world. Cut Max stepping on KW and KW saying she is leaving. Cut pause during war where Judith and Ira hide behind a log. Removed Max giving instructions about the war to the wild things. Removed “everyone’s mad at me” line from Carol on the beachside. Trimmed Carol’s reaction to bob and terry Better not to know if they can actually speak/understand English. Cut knock knock joke between bob, terry and alexander.

Cut KW introducing Max to Bob and Terry as a ‘biter’ Makes her more threatening and him more sympathetic. Reversed shot of Max looking at Carol to better match transition from real world Max can just imagine that the fort is already built. Removed wild things building fort scenes. again, kept him quiet and sad as much as possible. Removed soundtrack and added new foley to max lieing in bed thinking scene. Simplified dialogue in dave/model scene Didn’t want a joke at the end of the sun dying scene. Removed tinkly piano from ‘did you know the sun was going to die” scene, and added wind foley to make the scene more desolate. Turned walk with Carol through the woods into a dream sequence. INstead, we meet her when Max does, at the bottom of the wild thing pile. Trimmed dialogue between max and wild things before he becomes king

Cut much of the original soundtrack (mostly replaced by new indie-rock songs)
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again, tried to keep him a loner, struggling to know how to connect with people. Cut Max calling to his sister to play with him. Have kept him quiet/sad, hopefully increasing our sympathy for him. Cut all bad behaviour/anger by max in early stages of the film. Dialogue has been simplified wherever possible. Stripped back dialogue between wild things when Max first sees them. First cut to the wild world sees max already in stormy seas arriving at the island. Cut max’s journey to the wild things by boat. 30.- Re-sequenced entire film, cutting back and forth between real and wild world to directly contrast what max is experiencing. This is the reason this exhibition is expected to attract so many patrons of all ages in its three-month run, ending Dec. The story is familiar to most children not only because so many parents read it to them, but also because it is part of the Indian River Country School District’s kindergarten curriculum, and they read it in school. So he returns to his room and a happy ending, complete with supper waiting. After he becomes king of the wild things and romps around with his new friends, Max longs for home. Max hops in and sails off to where wild things are.

His room morphs into a forest, and soon an ocean tumbles by, revealing a boat. Angry, he sets his imagination, well, wild, and fantasizes an escape. Where the Wild Things Are is the story of the rebellious child named Max, who dons a wolf suit and creates all kinds of mischief until his mother calls him a “wild thing” and sends him to his room with nothing to eat. The book was the late illustrator’s breakout work and is the focus of the exhibition, which features 50 artworks including paintings, illustrations, animation cells and costume and set designs. The show, “50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons, Maurice Sendak: The Memorial Exhibition,” was originally organized in 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Where the Wild Things Are. But children and adults have no need to fear rather, they will delight in the immersive quality of the current exhibition, which features the work of Maurice Sendak, one of the most noted illustrators of children’s books. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is running wild! Enter the Holmes Gallery at your own risk because wild things with horns, claws, strange yellow eyes and sharply pointed teeth have taken over. Mary Beth Vallar, Maurice Sendak (American, 1928-2012), “Wild Thing & Max” original illustration, circa early 70s, ink, water color and colored pencil on paper, 15 ½ x 14 inches, Private collection, Edward T.
