Tim Burton A Child's Garden of Nightmares

by Woods, Paul A.

• ISBN13: 9780859654012
• ISBN10: 085965401X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-15
• 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	p. 5
Shorts
Vincent	p. 13
Tim Burton and Vincent Price	p. 14
Hansel and Gretel	p. 17
Frankenweenie	p. 18
Aladdin's Lamp	p. 21
Other Weirdness	p. 23
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure	p. 25
Is America Ready for a Nut Who's a Genius?	p. 26
Pee-wee's Big Adventure review	p. 27
Beetlejuice
Gleeful Grand Guignol of Beetlejuice	p. 31
Beetlejuice	p. 32
Beetle Mania	p. 34
Babes in Cinema Land	p. 37
Batman
Batman	p. 41
Batman	p. 44
Batman	p. 54
Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton and Vincent Price	p. 59
Tim Cuts Up	p. 62
Edward Scissorhands	p. 70
Batman Returns
Three Go Mad in Gotham	p. 73
Battier and Battier	p. 77
Trouble in Gotham - from 'Front Desk', Empire, September 1992	p. 80
Tim Burton	p. 81
Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas
Ghoul World	p. 97
Animated Dreams	p. 102
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	p. 108
Ed Wood
The Wood, the Bad and the Ugly	p. 111
Ed Wood...Not	p. 118
Ed Wood	p. 123
Mars Attacks!
Martian Inspiration: The Bubblegum Cards	p. 127
Hidden Gems	p. 129
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus	p. 131
Pax Americana	p. 138
Mars Attacks!	p. 143
Sleepy Hollow
One on One: Tim Burton	p. 147
Graveyard Shift	p. 150
The Cage of Reason	p. 156
Heads or Tails	p. 160
Planet of the Apes
Remaking, Not Aping, An Original	p. 163
Planet of the Apes	p. 167
Don't Monkey with a Great Ape	p. 169
Big Fish
Big Fish in His Own Pond	p. 173
Big Fish	p. 174
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sweet Smell of Success	p. 177
Eye Candy	p. 178
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Director of the Living Dead	p. 183
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	p. 187
Filmography	p. 189
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