The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Contemporary Hollywood

By Alison McMahan

Most Tim Burton films are huge box-office successes, and several are already classics. The director's mysterious and eccentric public persona attracts a lot of attention, while the films themselves have been somewhat overlooked. Here, Alison McMahan redresses this imbalance through a close analysis of Burton's key films () and their industrial context. She argues that Burton has been a crucial figure behind many of the transformations taking place in horror, fantasy, and sci-fi films over the last two decades, and demonstrates how his own work draws on a huge range of artistic influences: the films of George Melies, surrealism, installation art, computer games, and many more.

The Films of Tim Burton is the most in-depth analysis so far of the work of this unusual filmmaker - a director who has shown repeatedly that it is possible to reject mainstream Hollywood contentions while maintaining critical popularrity and commercial success.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826415679
• ISBN13: 9780826415677
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"