The Films of Tim Burton: Animated Live Action in Contemporary Hollywood (inc. Television and movies; Big Fish; Batman; Ed Wood; Planet of the Apes; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Nightmare Before Christmas; Beetlejuice; Mars Attacks, etc)

New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: Continuum Publishing Group, 2005, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2005. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) --- hardcover, black boards with silver lettering, a Very Good+ example, a bit of rubbing to the boards, upper corners are bumped, 262 pages, b&w photos, ---"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"---, ---contents include: 1: Burton does 2-D : from animation to machinima, 2: Burton and narrative : from his television work to Big fish, 3: Burton does 3-D : Hollywood's transition to CGI, 4: Burton's Batmans : myth, marketing, and merchandising, 5: Burton's reimaginings : Ed Wood, Planet of the apes, and Charlie and the chocolate factory, 6: The music of Danny Elfman, 7: Other pataphysical directors, p. 216, conclusion; filmography; bibliography; index, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo / ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description )/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by Text Cover. 6.25w x 9.25h Inches.