Tim Burton grew up watching Japanese monster movies in Burbank. So, in any case, The new Conbini “Video Club” episode above Take him to the Asian Film section first JM Vidéoone of the last two DVD rental shops in Paris. Such early and repeated exposures Kaiju Classics like Honda Iro Godzilla and A huge war It may have permeated him with his love for poor English dubbing, but it did not take him away from his ability to appreciate the more refined (similarly visceral) examples of Japanese films like Sindukaneto Anibaba and Kuroneko.
Burton describes these photos as dreamy. He is a quality that he continues to admire in other choices from different eras and cultures. Even cinemas that don’t share his particular preferences in looking at the material seem to be tied to one end. Joan’s Passion of Ark and Dr. Caligari’s Cabinetand by the other I was a teenage werewolf and Brains that don’t do that dieand something like that Jason and the Argonaut and Flies In the meantime – we must admit that this shows a deep understanding of the film itself.
It may be the art form in which experience is most similar to dreams, but throughout its history, certain films have acquired a true one-irick state. He suspects Burton knows all of them.
In fact, one of the most notable additions to the dreamy 21st century Canon won Palmedore with Burton’s involvement. The video contains a brief flashback of his being on the ju apprentice at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Uncle Boonmee can remember his past life It won the highest award. That same year, Burton saw his own release Alice in Wonderlandhe describes it as “the most confusing film I’ve ever made.” In 2019, he oversaw a second live-action Disney adaptation Dumboit’s hardly a passion project, but it wasn’t without autobiographical resonance. “At that point, I felt like Dumbo,” he admits. “A strange creature trapped in Disney.” Perhaps that long off-corporate association has finally come to an end, or what he suggests, means that he will ever be freer than ever to draw from the subconscious depths of his own film.
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Based in Seoul Colin marshall Write and broadcasting stationTS about cities, languages, and culture. His projects include the Substack Newsletter Books about cities And the book The Stateless City: Walking through 21st century Los Angeles. Follow him on social networks previously known as Twitter @colinmarshall.
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