A Critical Companion to Tim Burton
Published on 16. October 2017
Book
Hardback
278 pages
978-1-4985-5272-1 (ISBN)
Description
Unlike anything currently available, A Critical Companion to Tim Burton is a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all the works of one of the world's most renowned directors and artists. Written by some of the top scholars working in fields as diverse as philosophy, film and media studies, and literature, all chapters of this book illuminate for both scholars and fans alike the entire artistic career of Burton, giving attention to both his early works and his global blockbusters.
Reviews / Votes
The book offers well-documented contributions and a plurality of critical approaches, which does not affect the coherence of the whole. The chapters. . . give a good idea of the thematic and aesthetic specificity of Burton's cinema. . . . We strongly recommend reading this book, which offers varied insights into the films and is an important and innovative contribution to the knowledge of Tim Burton's work. [Translated from original French] * Miranda * Tim Burton has captured our imagination by creating memorable worlds from the colorful suburbia of Edward Scissorhands to the Gothic architecture of Batman and unforgettable iconic characters from the confectionery genius Willy Wonka to the Pumpkin King Jack Skellington. A Critical Companion to Tim Burton offers a compelling comprehensive examination of Tim Burton's creations from a wide range of academic viewpoints. Any scholar seeking a deeper understanding of his movies would benefit from reading this collection. -- Eric Silverman, Christopher Newport University An impressive array of contemporary critical interpretations, broad in scope, on the films of Tim Burton. An important contribution to critical studies of the master filmmaker. -- Samuel Umland, University of Nebraska This volume is not only the most complete and knowledgeable book available on the cinema of Tim Burton, it is also far and away the most exciting. For it brings together the most inventive and sophisticated interpretations the gothic filmmaker's oeuvre has inspired. I am thus grateful to this 'companion,' which will surely become the best friend of admirers of Tim Burton everywhere. -- Antoine de Baecque, PSL (Research University Paris)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 b/w illustrations;
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
606 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-5272-1 (9781498552721)
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Persons
Adam Barkman is associate professor and chair of the Philosophy department at Redeemer University College.
Antonio Sanna is a regular contributor to Interactions: Literature and Culture, Kinema and The Quint.
Antonio Sanna is a regular contributor to Interactions: Literature and Culture, Kinema and The Quint.
Content
Introduction
Section I: Constructing Worlds
Chapter 1: Burton's Bowl: Constructions of Space in the Films of Tim Burton by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Chapter 2: The Abject, Carnivalesque, and Uncanny by Fran Pheasant-Kelly
Chapter 3: The Dark and the Darker: The Meaning and Significance of Dark and Light Colors in Tim Burton Films by Orsolya Karacsony
Chapter 4: Traces of Surrealism in the Work of Tim Burton by Sabine Planka
Chapter 5: Tim Burton's Artists of Death by Elsa Colombani
Chapter 6: The Interconnectivity of Elfman's Film Scoring and Burton's Narrative by Andrew S. Powell
Section II: Fairy Worlds and Nightmares
Chapter 7: Nightmares and the Struggle for Existence in Alice in Wonderland and Planet of the Apes by Antonio Sanna
Chapter 8: Reading Burton's TheNightmare Before Christmas with Paul Tillich by Christopher M. Cuthill
Chapter 9: Deconstructing (and Reconstructing) the Fairy Tale in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride by Alissa Burger
Chapter 10: Mars Attacks! as Fractured Fairy Tale under Tolkien's Principles of Recovery, Escape, and Consolation by Nicole Pramik
Chapter 11: The Heroic Journey of Ed Wood by Carl Sobocinski
Chapter 12: The Paranormal Hero as a Boundary-Crosser by Maria Dicieanu
Chapter 13: Miss Peregrine's: New Home for a Peculiar Problem by Trip McCrossin
Section III: Identity and the World
Chapter 14: A Colonial Tapestry: Race and Ideology in Pee-wee's BigAdventure by Florent Christol
Chapter 15: Willy Wonka as a Contemporary Dandy by Radoslaw Osinski
Chapter 16: Batman, Burton, and the Puzzle of Identity by Kyle Alkema and Adam Barkman
Chapter 17: Fools on the Hill: Tim Burton's Nietzschean Outcasts and Heidegger's das Man by Siobhan Lyons
Chapter 18: "My Whole Life Is a Dark Room": Nostalgia and Domesticity in Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands by Renee Middlemost
Chapter 19: Tim Burton and the Determinist Impulse by Brent Peters and Adam Barkman
Chapter 20: Doll Doubles: Female Identity in Tim Burton's Stop-Motion Films by Donna Mitchell
Section I: Constructing Worlds
Chapter 1: Burton's Bowl: Constructions of Space in the Films of Tim Burton by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Chapter 2: The Abject, Carnivalesque, and Uncanny by Fran Pheasant-Kelly
Chapter 3: The Dark and the Darker: The Meaning and Significance of Dark and Light Colors in Tim Burton Films by Orsolya Karacsony
Chapter 4: Traces of Surrealism in the Work of Tim Burton by Sabine Planka
Chapter 5: Tim Burton's Artists of Death by Elsa Colombani
Chapter 6: The Interconnectivity of Elfman's Film Scoring and Burton's Narrative by Andrew S. Powell
Section II: Fairy Worlds and Nightmares
Chapter 7: Nightmares and the Struggle for Existence in Alice in Wonderland and Planet of the Apes by Antonio Sanna
Chapter 8: Reading Burton's TheNightmare Before Christmas with Paul Tillich by Christopher M. Cuthill
Chapter 9: Deconstructing (and Reconstructing) the Fairy Tale in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride by Alissa Burger
Chapter 10: Mars Attacks! as Fractured Fairy Tale under Tolkien's Principles of Recovery, Escape, and Consolation by Nicole Pramik
Chapter 11: The Heroic Journey of Ed Wood by Carl Sobocinski
Chapter 12: The Paranormal Hero as a Boundary-Crosser by Maria Dicieanu
Chapter 13: Miss Peregrine's: New Home for a Peculiar Problem by Trip McCrossin
Section III: Identity and the World
Chapter 14: A Colonial Tapestry: Race and Ideology in Pee-wee's BigAdventure by Florent Christol
Chapter 15: Willy Wonka as a Contemporary Dandy by Radoslaw Osinski
Chapter 16: Batman, Burton, and the Puzzle of Identity by Kyle Alkema and Adam Barkman
Chapter 17: Fools on the Hill: Tim Burton's Nietzschean Outcasts and Heidegger's das Man by Siobhan Lyons
Chapter 18: "My Whole Life Is a Dark Room": Nostalgia and Domesticity in Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands by Renee Middlemost
Chapter 19: Tim Burton and the Determinist Impulse by Brent Peters and Adam Barkman
Chapter 20: Doll Doubles: Female Identity in Tim Burton's Stop-Motion Films by Donna Mitchell