Burton on Burton Revised Edition

Burton on Burton Revised Edition

by Mark Salisbury (Editor), Mark Salisbury (Editor), Tim Burton (Author)

Synopsis

Tim Burton is one of the great modern-day visionaries of cinema, a director who has fabricated his own deliciously nightmarish universe in movies as extraordinary as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks! and The Nightmare before Christmas - not to mention his twisted takes on the tales of Batman, Sleepy Hollow and Planet of the Apes. Following the release of his re-imagining of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with long-time comrade Johnny Depp (who also provides a new Foreword here), as well as Burton's return to feature-length animation with Corpse Bride, this updated and fully illustrated new edition of the definitive Burton interview book casts light on Burton's Burbank childhood, his early work at Disney, the recurrent themes and stunning designs of his movies, and the creative obsessions that fuel them.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 320
Edition: 1st edition thus
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 02 Mar 2006

ISBN 10: 0571229263
ISBN 13: 9780571229260
Book Overview: Burton on Burton is 'A must for fans' (Empire) - a full update on one of the bestselling Directors on Directors books, with a new introduction by Johnny Depp

Media Reviews
Burton is, to me, a true genius and I wouldn't use that word with too many people, believe me. You can't label what he does. It's not magic, because that would imply some sort of trickery. It's not just skill, because that seems like it's learned. What he has is a very special gift that we don't see every day. It's not enough to call him a filmmaker. The rare title of 'genius' is a better fit . . . in not just film but drawings, photographs, thought, insight, and ideas . . . I have never seen someone so obviously out of place fit right in. --Johnny Depp, from the Foreword

[Burton] is, to me, a true genius and I wouldn't use that word with too many people, believe me. You can't label what he does. It's not magic, because that would imply some sort of trickery. It's not just skill, because that seems like it's learned. What he has is a very special gift that we don't see every day. It's not enough to call him a filmmaker. The rare title of 'genius' is a better fit . . . in not just film but drawings, photographs, thought, insight, and ideas . . . I have never seen someone so obviously out of place fit right in. --Johnny Depp, from the Foreword

[Burton] is, to me, a true genius and I wouldn't use that word with too many people, believe me. You can't label what he does. It's not magic, because that would imply some sort of trickery. It's not just skill, because that seems like it's learned. What he has is a very special gift that we don't see every day. It's not enough to call him a filmmaker. The rare title of 'genius' is a better fit . . . in not just film but drawings, photographs, thought, insight, and ideas . . . I have never seen someone so obviously out of place fit right in. --Johnny Depp, from the Foreword
Author Bio
Mark Salisbury was born in 1966. Formerly the editor of Empire magazine, he contributes to numerous publications in the UK and US. He is also the author of Behind The Mask, Writers On Comics Scriptwriting, and Artists On Comics Art, and providing the text for the official Planet Of The Apes companion book.