{"id":1515,"date":"2024-08-14T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:47:14","slug":"henry-selick-on-coraline-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/henry-selick-on-coraline-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Selick on Coraline (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the acclaimed stop-motion epic Coraline, Laura Gommans had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Henry Selick about his illustrious career and lifelong love for cinema. From scary tales at Aunt Lib&#8217;s house to being terrified by the cyclops in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Henry reveals the origins of his eerie yet tender storytelling style. His obsession with stop-motion animation has not only pushed the boundaries of filmmaking but also reimagined what children&#8217;s narratives can be. Henry passionately explains why it&#8217;s crucial for children to experience a touch of fear in films, believing it helps them navigate and understand the complexities of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Get your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/lab-suggestions-coraline\/\">\u2060tickets\u2060<\/a> for Coraline @ LAB111.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/celebratingcinema\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#ffc8dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/nl\/podcast\/celebrating-cinema\/id1558165273 noopener\"><strong>Subscribe to our podcast<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Henry Selick on Coraline (2009)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/6VKXrn7y5jg7XGl0VHNbut?si=7734ad871a614967&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SHOW NOTES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jan \u0160vankmajer &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@jansvankmajer4571\">Youtube Channel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jk-h_47fEGc\">Stopmotia Interviews: Jan \u0160vankmajer | Stopmotia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sHRuRh1mZ_0\">Caroline Leaf | Animateka <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ed1RzYqgwqM\">The Street by Caroline Leaf (1976) | NFB<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0foZRl-xlTk\">The Metamorphosis of Mr Samsa by Caroline Leaf (1977)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z0ORbg9Gywg\">LABIRYNT by Jan Lenica (1962)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yNiUEnNfGYg\">Rhinoceros by Jan Lenica (1965)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q-TJvNBO1fw\">The Art of Lotte Reiniger, 1970 | The MET<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Gm9kZLP0uE\">The animation genius you&#8217;ve probably never heard of | BBC Ideas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FILMS MENTIONED<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Nathan H. Juran, 1958)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jabberwocky (Jan \u0160vankmajer, 1971)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions (Henry Selick, 1991)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pee-wee&#8217;s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 1988)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Return to Oz (Walter Murch, 1985)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our hosts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1542\" height=\"2313\" data-id=\"1431\" 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https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kiriko-320x480.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiriko Mechanicus (film maker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1429\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-scaled.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hugo-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, 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From childhood terrors at his aunt&#8217;s house to being transfixed by the cyclops in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Selick reveals the origins of his eerie yet tender storytelling style. A conversation about stop-motion animation as a form of commitment \u2014 the conviction required to build a world by hand, frame by frame \u2014 and why the films that frighten children are so often the ones they carry into adulthood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2012,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions\/2012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}