![]() ![]() So we heard horrible, horrible stories, and we loved them, we absolutely loved them. But I do know that my parents were immigrants and they didn't know that they should clean the stories up for us. Sendak: How would I know? I just write the books. To discuss the dark, unorthodox adaptation, Sendak invited us over, along with Jonze and novelist-screenwriter Dave Eggers (who participated via speakerphone from San Francisco) for an exclusive group interview: The always acerbic Sendak, 81, inhabits the world of the Wild Things as fully as any child-he actually placed an order for a Wild Things parka during our interview-so we couldn't wait to ask him about Spike Jonze's big-budget, live-action movie based on the book. There's even a bronze sculpture of Max and his sailboat in the center of the kitchen table. ![]() The front door is flanked by Wild Thing statuettes vintage stuffed monsters and framed posters fill the living room. Are they real or imaginary? Friends or foes? Now that we're grown-ups, we still can't help you, but we may have figured out where they really are: living with author Maurice Sendak in his Connecticut home. ![]() For more than 40 years, kids have wondered about Where the Wild Things Are. ![]()
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