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Tim Burton / Antoine de Baecque.

by Baecque, Antoine de

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Cahiers du Cinema, c2011

791.430233 B974t

Burton, Tim, 1958- -- Criticism and interpretation.

Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.

Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.

9782866428068 (hc.)

Revised and updated edition

223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Includes filmography (p. 220-222).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222).

The clairvoyant child -- A world emerges -- Beetelgeuse jousts with death -- Batman, knight of darkness -- Edward Scissorhands -- Return to Batman -- The Nightmare Before Christmas -- Ed Wood, the artist of his dreams -- Mars Attacks! -- Sleepy Hollow, a macabre energy -- From Planet of the Apes to Big Fish -- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -- A funeral dance -- Sweeney Todd, harsh and acerbic -- Alice : from wonderland to underland -- Tim Burton, a political filmmaker.

Tim Burton is one of the most popular and innovative creative forces working in Hollywood today. From his first films as a cinema obsessed adolescent to his most recent Hollywood blockbusters like Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland, this new monograph by acclaimed author and film critic Antoine de Baecque, takes readers on a behind the scenes journey through Burton's eccentric career. Featuring interviews with Burton himself that reveal quirky personal anecdotes, exhaustively researched and gorgeously illustrated with film stills, set photographs and a wide selection of Burton's drawings, this vivid account of one of American cinema's greatest stars will delight fans and critics alike.

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