Tim Burton A Child's Garden of Nightmares

by Woods, Paul A.

• ISBN13: 9780859653107
• ISBN10: 0859653102
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-19
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing

Summary

Tim Burton, the cinematic genius behind, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the forthcoming Sweeney Todd, hails from the 1960s 'Monster Culture'. Revising the vivid imagery of horror movies, TV sci-fi and cartoons, Burton is an imaginative product of his age. As displayed in The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, he has the rare talent of being able to imbue juvenile fantasy with emotional depth. Tim Burton: A Child's Garden Of Nightmares is a definitive guide to a successful cinematic career based on a love of American pop-gothic Imagery. Illustrated with a vivid selection of stills. 'Top-notch critical muscle ...' Total Film. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(8)
Paul A. Woods
SHORTS
Vincent	13	(1)
David Coleman
Tim Burton and Vincent Price	14	(3)
Graham Fuller
Hansel and Gretel	17	(1)
Taylor L. White
Frankenweenie	18	(3)
Michael Mayo
Aladdin's Lamp	21	(2)
Taylor L. White
Other Weirdness	23	(2)
Taylor L. White
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
Pee-wee's Big Adventure	25	(1)
Taylor L. White
Is America Ready for a Nut Who's a Genius?	26	(1)
David Elliott
Pee-wee's Big Adventure	27	(4)
Alan Jones
BEETLEJUICE
Gleeful Grand Guignol of Beetlejuice	31	(1)
Kevin Thomas
Beetlejuice	32	(2)
Kim Newman
Beetle Mania	34	(3)
Simon Garfield
Babes in Cinema Land	37	(4)
David Denby
BATMAN
Batman	41	(3)
Taylor L. White
Batman	44	(10)
Alan Jones
Batman	54	(5)
Kim Newman
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Tim Burton and Vincent Price	59	(3)
Graham Fuller
Tim Cuts Up	62	(8)
Frank Rose
Edward Scissorhands	70	(3)
Steve Biodrowski
BATMAN RETURNS
Three Go Mad in Gotham	73	(4)
Jeffrey Resner
Battier and Battier	77	(3)
Richard Corliss
Trouble in Gotham from `Front Desk ; Empire, September 1992	80	(1)
Tim Burton	81	(16)
Ken Hanke
TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Ghoul World	97	(5)
Mimi Avins
Animated Dreams	102	(6)
Leslie Felperin
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	108	(3)
Kim Newman
ED WOOD
The Wood, the Bad and the Ugly	111	(7)
John Clark
Ed Wood... Not	118	(5)
J. Hoberman
Ed Wood	123	(4)
Kim Newman
MARS ATTACKS!
Martian Inspiration: The Bubblegum Cards	127	(2)
Chuck Wagner
Hidden Gems	129	(2)
Anthony C. Ferrante
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus	131	(7)
Christine Spines
Pax Americana	138	(5)
F. Hoberman
Mars Attacks!	143	(4)
Kim Newman
SLEEPY HOLLOW
One on One: Tim Burton	147	(3)
David Mills
Graveyard Shift	150	(6)
Mark Salisbury
The Cage of Reason	156	(4)
Kim Newman
Heads or Tails	160	(3)
J. Hoberman
PLANET OF THE APES
Remaking, Not Aping, An Original	163	(4)
Richard Natale
Planet of the Apes	167	(2)
Owen Gleiberman
Don't Monkey with a Great Ape	169	(1)
Jonathan Romney
Numb and Number	170	(3)
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Filmography	173