Burton on Burton
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
Burton on Burton
By (Author) Tim Burton
Edited by Mark Salisbury
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st June 2006
2nd March 2006
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Individual film directors, film-makers
791.430233092
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 154mm, Height 235mm, Spine 24mm
395g
Description
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 and Mars Attacks! - not to mention his twisted take on the tales of Batman, Sleepy Hollow, and Planet of the Apes. Coinciding with the release of his re-imagining of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with long-time comrade Johnny Depp, 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. One of the best - selling books in the series, this brings his career right up to date Includes interviews on all of his most recent films, including the long awaited Charlie and the Chocolate Factory He never gives interviews, so this is the one opportunity film fans will have of hearing Tim Burton's opinions on his work
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
Author Bio
Mark Salisbury was born in 1966. Formerly the editor of Empire magazine, he contributes to numerous publications in the UK and the US. he is also the author of Behind the Mask, Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, and Artists on Comics Art; he provided source material such as the text for the official Planet of the Apes companion book.
