![]() ![]() You still, like - it doesn't ever leave you, you know. MIA WASIKOWSKA: (As Alice Kingsleigh) Curiouser and curiouser.īARCO: Burton says he continues to identify with the peculiar, nonconformist motif, despite the fact that he happily lives far from Hollywood with actress Helena Bonham Carter and their children in London, despite being able to continuously work with friends Johnny Depp and composer Danny Elfman, and despite his many successes.īURTON: You know, you start out feeling with those feelings, and then you can have a big family, lots of friends, but you still feel those feelings, you know. I'm a loner, Dottie, a rebel.īARCO: It comes up again in Burton's version of "Batman." In "Nightmare Before Christmas," "Sweeney Todd," even his "Alice in Wonderland" remake. PAUL REUBENS: (As Pee-Wee Herman) You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. (SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE "PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE") MICHAEL KEATON: (as Beetlejuice) It's showtime.īARCO: You see it in "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure." Really? Worst film you ever saw.īARCO: You can see the quirky-outsider motif in "Beetlejuice." Then there's Burton's homage to cult filmmaker "Ed Wood," a cross-dresser who befriends aging horror actor Bela Lugosi and earnestly produces B-movie masterpieces.ĭEPP: (as Ed Wood) This is the one I'll be remembered for. JOHNNY DEPP: (as Edward Scissorhands) I can't.īARCO: Edward Scissorhands is feared in the suburbs, but ultimately prevails after creating elaborate topiaries and ice sculptures. (SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "EDWARD SCISSORHANDS") Take "Edward Scissorhands," about a soulful young man whose hands are made of scissors. And, you know, other people felt weird.īARCO: The seemingly odd, misunderstood loner who triumphs with his imagination and creativity and heart, it's the archetype Burton has used in most of his films. ![]() And, you know, but I, you know, I felt quite normal at the same time. But Burton says they seemed out of reach.īURTON: You kind of feel like you're alone and you're - nobody understands you. It was a place that I found romantic and dramatic.īARCO: Just a few avenues away were Disney's animation studios, Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures. He watched horror movies and played in the nearby cemetery.īURTON: Being there felt very sort of somber and humble and quite thoughtful. Like his main character, Victor, Burton had a beloved dog who died.īARCO: And like Victor, Burton grew up in the suburbs, making Super 8 films. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Tim Burton says "Frankenweenie" is his most personal film, based on his memories of growing up in Burbank, California in the 1950s. MONTAGNE: The movie is "Frankenweenie." NPR's Mandalit Del Barco met with Tim Burton in Santa Monica to talk with him about his films and his recurring motif of the childlike, eccentric loner. ![]() ![]() Frankenstein) He'll always be in your heart.ĬHARLIE TAHAN: (As Victor Frankenstein) I don't want him in my heart. This time, a little boy brings his dog back to life.ĬATHERINE O'HARA: (As Mrs. His new movie, opening tomorrow, is quintessential Burton: an animated adaptation of the Frankenstein story. If one had to come up with a single word for Tim Burton's movies, starting with "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands," that word could be quirky. ![]()
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