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Narrator: Vincent Malloy is seven years old, / He's always polite and does what he's told. / For a boy his age he's considerate and nice, / But he wants to be just like Vincent Price. / He doesn't mind living with his sister, dog and cats, / Though he'd rather share a home with spiders and bats. / There he could reflect on the horrors he's invented, / And wander dark hallways alone and tormented. / Vincent is nice when his aunt comes to see him, / But imagines dipping her in wax for his wax museum. / He likes to experiment on his dog Abercrombie, / In the hopes of creating a horrible zombie. / So he and his horrible zombie dog, / Could go searching for victims in the London fog. / His thoughts though aren't only of ghoulish crime, / He likes to paint and read to pass some of the time. / While other kids read books like Go Jane Go, / Vincent's favorite author is Edgar Allan Poe. / One night while reading a gruesome tale, / He read a passage that made him turn pale. / Such horrible news he could not survive, / For his beautiful wife had been buried alive. / He dug out her grave to make sure she was dead, / Unaware that her grave was his mother's flower bed. / His mother sent Vincent off to his room, / He knew he'd been banished to the tower of doom. / Where he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life, / Alone with a portrait of his beautiful wife. / While alone and insane, encased in his tomb, / Vincent's mother burst suddenly into the room. / She said, "If you want to you can go out and play. / It's sunny outside and a beautiful day." / Vincent tried to talk, but he just couldn't speak, / The years of isolation had made him quite weak. / So he took out some paper and scrawled with a pen, / "I am possessed by this house and can never leave it again." / His mother said, "You're not possessed, and you're not almost dead. / These games that you play are all in your head. / You're not Vincent Price you're Vincent Malloy. / You're not tormented or insane you're just a young boy. / "You're seven years old and you are my son. / I want you to get outside and have some real fun." / Her anger now spent, she walked out through the hall, / And while Vincent backed slowly against the wall. / The room started to sway, to shiver and creak. / His horrid insanity had reached its peak. / He saw Abercrombie his zombie slave, / And heard his wife call from beyond the grave. / She spoke from her coffin and made ghoulish demands. / While through cracking walls reached skeleton hands. / Every horror in his life that had crept through his dreams, / Swept his mad laughter to terrified screams. / To escape the madness he reached for the door, / But fell limp and lifeless down on the floor. / His voice was soft and very slow, / As he quoted The Raven from Edgar Allan Poe, / "And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, / Shall be lifted - Nevermore!"
Tim Burton
Tim Burton (Tim Burton), born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California, USA, is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.
In 1971, directed his first short film "Dr. Moreau's Island". In 1979, directed the animated short film "Doctor of Doom". In 1982, directed the cartoon short " Vincent "
[1]
. In 1988, he directed the horror comedy film "Beatles Juice". This was the first time he adopted stop-motion animation technology and blue screen technology
[2]
, and was nominated for the 16th Saturn Award for Best Director. In 1990, he collaborated with Johnny Depp for the first time, and his love fantasy film "Edward Scissorhands" was released in North America
[3]
. In 1994, directed the biographical film " Edward D. Wood Jr "
[4]
, which was shortlisted for the main competition of the 48th Cannes International Film Festival. In 1996, Bolton tried to change his style and shot the sci-fi action movie " Mars Attacks! "
[5]
, for which he was nominated for the 23rd Saturn Awards for Best Director. In 1999, with the suspenseful horror film " Sleepy Hollow ", he was shortlisted for the 26th Saturn Awards for Best Director.
In 2003, with the fantasy film " Big Fish ", he was shortlisted for the 57th British Academy Film Awards David Lynn Director's Award
[6]
. In 2007, he directed the thriller film " Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street "
[1]
, with which he was nominated for the 65th Golden Globe Film Category-Best Director Award
[7]
; in the same year, Tim Burton won the 64th Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Tim Burton received the French Art and Culture Medal awarded by the French government in Paris
[8]
. In 2012, the animated comedy film " Frankenweenie " directed by him was released in North America
[9]
, and the film was nominated for the 85th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film
[10]
and the 66th British Academy Film Awards- Best Animation Award
[11]
. In 2014, Tim Burton won the Samurai Award at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival
[12]
. In 2016, directed the fantasy adventure movie " Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children "
[13]
. In 2019, directed the Disney live-action animated film " Dumbo "
[14]
.
Early Experience
On August 25, 1958, Tim Burton was born in Burbank, California, USA. Later, he grew up in an ordinary but weird family on the outskirts of Burbank, California. When he was young, his parents inexplicably nailed a lot of wooden boards to his room, leaving only two small slits for him to see the outside world. Moreover, he had no friends since he was a child, his academic performance was not good, and he was not doing his job properly, but he liked painting and watching movies
. After growing up, he graduated from the California State College of Art. After receiving a scholarship sponsored by the Disney Company for young animators, he officially started studying and working in animation. Initially, Tim Burton worked for Disney's "Fox and Hounds" and other TV cartoons
.
Performing Experience
In 1971, directed his first short film "Dr. Moreau's Island". In 1972, directed the short film "Tim's Dreams". In 1979, directed the animated short film "Doctor of Doom"; in the same year, he served as the director of the animated short film "Stalk of the Celery".
In 1982, directed the thriller children's short film "Hansel and Great"; in the same year, directed the cartoon short film " Vincent "
. In 1984, directed the live-action short film "Little Frankenstein" adapted from the legend of Frankenstein
. In 1985, directed his first film " Pee-wee's Big Adventure "
. In 1986, directed the family adventure drama "Myth Theater Fifth Season".
In 1988, directed the horror comedy film " Beetlejuice " co-starring Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis ; in the same year, directed the horror comedy film " Beetlejuice " co-starring Michael Keaton , Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, the film was adapted from Washington Irwin story
, this is his first stop-motion animation techniques and using blue screen technology
, and by virtue of the film nominated for the 16th Saturn Award for best director.
In 1989, the comic film " Batman " directed by him was released in North America
. In 1990, he collaborated with Johnny Depp for the first time. The love fantasy film "Edward Scissors Hand" directed by him was released in North America. The originality of the film came from when he was bored at school, he drew a figure with scissors and a knife as his hand
.
In 1992, the film " Batman Returns " directed
by him was released in North America , and he was nominated for the 19th Saturn Awards for Best Director. In 1994, directed the biographical film " Edward D. Wood Jr " starring Johnny Depp
, which was nominated for the main competition of the 48th Cannes International Film Festival.
In 1996, Bolton tried to change his style and shot the funny, grotesque and satirical sci-fi action film " Mars Attacks! ". The film was co-starred by Jack Nicholson and Pierce Brosnan
. With this film, he was nominated for the 23rd Saturn Awards for Best Director. prize. In 1999, he directed the suspenseful horror film " Sleepy Hollow " co-starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci and Miranda Jane Richardson
. With this film, he was nominated for the 26th Saturn Awards for Best Director.
In 2000, he wrote and directed an animated short film " The World of Stainboy ". In 2002, the sci-fi action movie " Planet of the Apes " directed by him was released in North America. The film is a remake of the movie of the same name in 1968. Hunt down and uncover a story about a major secret in human history
.
In 2003, directed the fantasy film " Big Fish " jointly by Ewan McGregor , Albert Finney , and Jessica Lange . The film was adapted from the novel "Big Fish Dad" published by Daniel Wallace in 1998 and was
nominated for the 48th Italian University. The Guardian Award for Best Foreign Film, for which he was shortlisted for the 57th British Academy Film Awards David Lynn Director’s Award
.
In 2005, directed the fantasy adventure film " Charlie and the Chocolate Factory " co-starring Johnny Depp and Alfred Thomas Highmore
. The film was nominated for the 29th Japan Film Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film Award, and the 58th British Film Academy Awards Children's Award -Best Feature Film Award
; In the same year, he directed the animated comedy film " Zombie Bride "
, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 78th Academy Awards
, and he was nominated for Best Animated Movie at the 33rd Anne Awards for the film Director's Award.
In 2006, he co-directed the short film collection "American Famous Director Short Film Collection" with several directors. In 2007, directed the thriller film " Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street " co-starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter
. With this film, he was nominated for the 34th Saturn Awards for Best Director and the 65th Golden Globe Film Category-Best Director Award
; On September 5, Tim Burton won the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 64th Venice International Film Festival
.
On March 15, 2010, Tim Burton received the French Art and Culture Medal awarded by the French government in Paris, which was awarded by the French Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterrand
. In March, the directed fantasy adventure film "Alice in Wonderland" was released in North America. The film was inspired by Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice in the Mirror"
; in March 14th, he served as the chairman of the jury for the main competition unit of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival
; in the same year, Tim Burton won The 37th Anne Award Winsor McKay Award. In 2011, directed the drama "The Melancholic Death of the Oyster Boy".
On May 11, 2012, the thriller comedy film " Dark Shadows " directed by him was released in North America, which was based on the soap operas broadcast on ABC TV from 1966 to 1970
; in October, the directed animated comedy film " Frankenweenie " was released in North America , The film is a remake of Tim Burton’s short film of the same name in 1984. It was
shortlisted for the 85th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film
and the 66th British Academy Film Awards-Best Animated Film Award
; in the same year, directed the short film " Killer Band: Be with Me."
On December 25, 2014, the biographical film " Big Eyes " directed by him was released in North America. The film was co-starred by Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz
; in the same year, he directed the animated film " The Adams family "
; subsequently, Tim Burton won the 27th edition. Samurai Award at Tokyo International Film Festival
.
On May 27, 2016, the fantasy film " Alice Through the Looking Glass " produced by Tim Burton was released simultaneously in China and the United States. The film was adapted from Lewis Carroll's fantasy novel
; in the same year, it was directed by Eva Green , Asa Butterfield , and Ella Purnell. The co-starring fantasy adventure film " Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ", which is adapted from the fantasy novel "Weird House Girl" by Lansam Riggs
. In 2019, directed the Disney live-action animated film " Dumbo " co-starring Eva Green and Colin Farrell
.
Personal Life
From 1992 to 2001, Tim Burton and model Lisa Mary fell in love and got engaged. When the two were together, Lisa Marie played roles in all his films. When Tim Burton met Helena Bonham Carter during the filming of the film " Planet Of The Apes, " he broke up with Lisa
.
In October 2001, Tim Burton was engaged to Helena Bonham Carter. In 2003, the two had one son
. In December 2014, the two officially broke up after 13 years of dating
.
Character Evaluation
Tim Burton is a withdrawn person by nature, and he likes to pursue a weird, avant-garde, and dark realm
. Moreover, he is one of the brave, imaginative and innovative filmmakers in the United States, with a fantasy and passionate imagination and a unique visual style
. At the same time, he is an alternative genius in Hollywood, whose works are weird and unruly, but they have fascinating magic. Gorgeous and decadent Gothic style is one of his commendable characteristics
. When people mention his movies, they will say "goth", "dark" and "weird". Relying on exaggerated colors, quirky characters, and different styles of clothing, Bolton's works touched the hearts of the audience and touched people's tears time and time again
. In fact, Tim Burton is not a master of storytelling, because he always sacrifices plot, characters and possibilities to satisfy his imagination needs Mtime.com) Comment).
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