Maurice Sendak on his work, childhood, inspirations

Maurice Sendak talks about his work, childhood and inspirations, in a DVD by the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, www.rosenbach.org. The Rosenbach is the sole repository of the original artwork of famed author and illustrator Maurice Sendak and a foremost authority on all things Sendak. Author of Where the Wild Things Are and nearly 100 other books, Sendak, now 81 years old, chose the Rosenbach to be the permanent home of his work in the early 1970s thanks to shared literary and collecting interests. The Rosenbach's Sendak collection is the largest collection of Sendakiana in the world, with over 10,000 preliminary sketches, final drawings, manuscripts, books, and ephemera.

The DVD, "There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak: A Retrospective in Words and Pictures" explores the masterful storytellers extraordinary career through his own words as the author talks about his favorite characters and the many influences and settings of his richest stories. Get the DVD at www.rosenbach.org! Produced by Portia Productions.

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[doro626]

Very interesting , the respect he had for children. Was it too harsh, or do we coddle our youth today, protecting them from a world that they already know ,too well from an early age?

[Bill Moore]

Very cool! Maurice Sendak is awesome.

[ComicMaster2008]

Noise?

[dearmalika]

Amazing and so interesting! Thanks for posting!

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[BeatlesAmiYumi]

It's nice to talk about the great work that Maurice Sendak had done. BTW, did he ever have kids, I wonder?

[Lann Nakamura]

Children have a fresh view of the world. They're blunt and see things adults don't, but Mr. Sendak knew that, I believe that's why he had so much respect for children. Yes, children shouldn't grow up to fast but they shouldn't be lied to about what goes on in the world. This is all my opinion though.

[elogamer]

La muerte de este hombre, si, como a muchos aqui le deja un pequeño vacio. Lo que dejo es invaluable, sus enseñanzas, la manera de contar sus historias, la inspiracion que hizo que persiguiera lo que son ahora mis metas, ya no mas sueños, sino metas a futuro. Algo que vere realizado

[DaishiVI]

Fuckin' genius, Maurice. Rest in Peace.

[MrDrawingboard1]

R.I.P Maurice, thank you for everything you have done for us.