Tim Burton (Paperback)

Tim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking over the past three decades. With a visual style inspired by the aesthetics of animation and silent comedy, Burton's work melds the exotic, the horrific and the comic, manipulating expressionism and fantasy with the skill of a graphic novelist. Published to accompany a major career retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, this affordable volume considers Burton's career as an artist and filmmaker. It narrates the evolution of his creative practices, following the current of his visual imagination from his earliest childhood drawings through his mature oeuvre. Illustrated with works on paper, moving-image stills, drawn and painted concept art, puppets and maquettes, storyboards and examples of his work as a graphic artist for his non-film projects, this volume sheds new light on Burton and presents previously unseen works from the artist's personal archive.
Acclaimed American filmmaker Tim Burton (born 1958) is known for his dark, gothic films about quirky outsiders, many of which are both Hollywood blockbusters and cult classics. To date they have been nominated for 16 Academy Awards and have won six. They include "Pee-Wee"'"s Big Adventure" (1985), "Beetle Juice" (1988), "Batman" (1989), "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), "Batman Returns" (1992), "Ed Wood" (1994), "Sleepy Hollow," (1999), "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Corpse Bride" (both 2005) and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (2007), among others. "Alice in Wonderland" is slated for 2010. Burton has collaborated extensively with composer Danny Elfman and with actors Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

General

Imprint:	Museum of Modern Art
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Ron Magliozzi • Jenny He
Dimensions:	253 x 205 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	64
ISBN-13:	978-0-87070-760-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Individual film directors, film-makers
LSN:	0-87070-760-4
Barcode:	9780870707605

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