Downtown Calling
Thanks to Jon Moskowitz’s retweet of Gak City’s post for putting me onto this, looking forward to getting the chance to check it out. I’m so fascinated with this time and era since I was able to catch glimpses growing up…
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice set
There’s never a shortage of filming going on around the neighborhood, so much so that most of the time I take them for granted, just checking the permits that go up to see how it effects my alternate side of the street parking game – a treacherous one in this area at that! I may recognize the production taking place, but usually keep it moving; although I have to admit there have been recent highlights, such as seeing Ice-T and Coco with their “his and her” Bentley’s when Law & Order SVU was being filmed here. The other, was the recent production for Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice“.
Where The Wild Things Are
I can’t begin to tell you how much of a profound effect this book had on me (as well as everyone else) when I was a kid. I can remember reading Where The Wild Things Are and then acting out the story in my mind or by myself, it just opened a world of imagination that I still feel some connection to to this day.
Through the years I’ve seen many (kids) books translated onto the big screen, but always wondered when this one would would have its day. When I heard Spike Jonze was directing, I was absolutely elated, in my opinion it was either him or Michel Gondry who would truly be able to tackle the story and give it justice. Then there was the leak of the ‘test shoot’, which made me anticipate the film even more, but then the stories of studio heads demanding there be a re-shoot and re-edit because kids were scared into crying during screenings and my hopes once again started to fade.
Then low and behold….