October 28 at 11am - Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" - movie at Hammer Museum

What better reason to watch the movie "Where the Wild Things Are"at Hammer Museum (this Sunday at 11am) than the 50th anniversary of the publication of Maurice Sendak's beloved book on which this movie is based?   We will be there by 10am enjoying snacks at the patio area outside the Billy Wilder Theater.

Watch the two different trailers of this non-animated movie and listen to the soundtrack of this emotionally uplifting and fantastically-fun movie.  If you have a child who is imaginative and  who often or sometimes feel misunderstood, this non-scary liberating movie where Max goes and becomes king of all the wild things in this world will delight him or her.  As the first trailer goes, "Inside all of us is hope, fear, adventure, and ... a wild thing!"

Mr. Sendak wrote over 100 books and is a gifted artist who illustrated his own books as well as other authors' books. What you may not know is that Mr. Sendak also created sets for operas including "The Magic Flute" and also wrote the libretto for the opera, "Where the Wild Things Are," which was inventively-adapted by British composer, Oliver Knussen, first performed n the 1980s in Brussels, then in London, and, most recently, by NY Opera in April 2012.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/arts/music/where-the-wild-things-are-at-city-opera-review.html

Ballet fans might like to know that Mr. Sendak also designed sets and costumes for the 1983 production of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” by Pacific Northwest Ballet and you can see the film version of this ballet was released in 1986.

He passed away this past May at the age of 83 i n Connecticut.

To celebrate and remember Maurice Sendak's life and writings, here's a NY Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0    Don't miss the comments by readers ... there are 458 of them at last count!



http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/maurice-sendak/about-maurice-sendak/701/

For more on Sendak's life and this book (including an interview)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114044628

Looking Back On 'Wild Things' With Maurice Sendak

http://www.npr.org/2006/09/26/6139979/why-maurice-sendak-puts-kid-characters-in-danger

Why Maurice Sendak Puts Kid Characters in Danger

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140435330/this-pig-wants-to-party-maurice-sendaks-latest
is an article from NPR books.

To hear him in a 19-minute interview with NPR's Terry Gross about his latest book

This Pig Wants To Party, click on the"Listen to" icon.

This is a very moving and intimate interview and his parting words advice is worth heeding:

"Live your life, Live your life, Live your life"

No reservations are needed and this movie will attract many families for sure.
So come earlier.

October 28 2012, 11:00am

Hammer Kids

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FAMILY FLICKS FILM SERIES: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

FAMILY FLICKS FILM SERIES: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Recommended for ages 10+

Join us for a pre-Halloween screening of this contemporary fantasy film based on the classic children’s book by Maurice Sendak. Young, misunderstood Max boards a mysterious boat to a land of enormous monsters, where he is befriended and made their king. Costumes welcome! (2009, Dir. Jonze, 35mm, color, 101 min.)

FAMILY FLICKS FILM SERIES
The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum have teamed up for a matinee screening series of new and classic family-friendly films from around the world.




ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.  Parking is available under the museum for $3 for 3 hours. 

http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/1409

Hammer Museum is free every Thursday.  For directions and parking info, 

http://hammer.ucla.edu/visit/index.html