UPDATED: Wild Things, You Make My Heart Sing…

The poster for the upcoming movie "Where the Wild Things Are" was just posted online and it's glorious. It does everything I want, hide the monster and focus on the child.

I love posters that feel like you can touch them. I used to only like clean and simple, but more and more I'm drawn to images that evoke tactile emotions. The hairs on the monster, the costume, even the fonts all feel real and non-photoshopped. At this point I'm beginning to feel that clean and simple just mean quick and sloppy. Add an image on white, nice text and done. No finesse, no artistry.

Another great aspect to the poster are the fonts. I first saw this done on the opening credits to Stanley Kubrick's, Dr. Stanglelove. Somebody, whoever they were, hand drew each and ever titl and name in this exact same style. It set the whole film up to be a work of art, which it was. It's fitting that they chose to this in the same way, since it is a children's book. Check out the YouTube video below and speed ahead about a minute.



Well, I can't wait for this film, the story behind Spike Jonze's movie is totally bizarre. But the images have been completely captivating.

Just released today.