Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:47:44 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Where the Wild Things Are


I haven't seen it yet but have watched a lot of promo and how they
made it video.  The one thing I have a problem with is that these very
human voices coming from the creatures makes a huge disconnect in
terms of letting go and getting into it.  I don't like that about alot
of voice over work with this sort of thing. They spend tens of
thousands to make these unhuman costumes and then they give them
perfectly normal human voices, granted all fine actors, but it just
seems odd.  When ET talked or Yoda, they had wonderful character
voices.  It begs the question again about actor vs puppeteer.  Any
decent puppeteer would match the feel of the creature with a suitable
voice.  But then I haven't seen the movie only the trailors and PR.


On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Mary Robinette Kowal
<mary-AT-otherhandproductions.com> wrote:
> I loved it.
>
> I've actually turned in a correction to IMDB because the error is
> worse that you think. =A0There are eight suit performers, who were
> credited alongside the voices when the credits rolled during the
> actual film.I was very happy to see that.
>
> But in IMDB, they aren't listed AT ALL. Claire's friend #4 is though...
>
> The talented suit performers are:
> =A0 =A0* =A0Vincent Crowley as Carol Suit Performer
> =A0 =A0* Sonny Gerasimowicz as Alexander Suit Performer
> =A0 =A0* Nick Farnell as Judith Suit Performer
> =A0 =A0* Sam Longley as Ira Suit Performer
> =A0 =A0* Angus Sampson as The Bull Suit Performer
> =A0 =A0* Mark McCracken as The Bull Additional Suit Performer
> =A0 =A0* John Leary as Douglas Suit Performer
> =A0 =A0* Alice Parkinson as KW Suit Performer
> =A0 =A0* Garon Michael as KW Additional Suit Performer
>
>
> Yours,
> Mary
>
> ---
> Mary Robinette Kowal
> http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Steve Abrams <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All I am surprised there has been no comment yet on "Where the Wild
>> Things Are."
>> I saw it Tuesday and I liked it very much. Much more important-Maurice
>> Sendak has said that he likes the film.
>> The reviews have been all over the place
>> The film (like the book) honors a child's perspective of the world. The
>> fantasies both joyous and dark, the roller coaster of emotions are all
>> wonderfully portrayed in the film. I found it very touching and it brought
>> back moments of my own childhood (always a good thing to happen to an actor,
>> especially one who works with kids).
>> There are some slow sections- but childhood (and life) has slow sections
>> too!
>> I am still thinking about the film, several days later- another good
>> indicator.
>>
>> I think The Henson Creature Shop "wild things" are =A0great.
>>
>> A small annoyance that has nothing to do with the film---
>> I looked up =A0the puppeteer credits for "Wild Things" on the internet movie
>> database.
>> They list 4 names with Robert Tygner listed as head puppeteer. Does anyone
>> know him?
>> To find these names (or any puppeteer credits on the Internet Movie Data
>> Base) you have to scroll way way down the list of credits.
>> You have to scroll past about 15 categories until you find "other crew." I
>> do wish that we rated a bit higher than "other crew"
>>
>> Steve
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