The Creative Works of Tim Burton
I’m a HUGE horror fan, and also a big fan of many types of music, and also ‘musicals’.
So I was really interested when fabulous hyperactive blogger Swiss Miss alerted me to the fact that there is an exhibition of the creative works of Tim Burton about to launch on the 22nd November, and running until April 2010 at the Museum of Modern Arts in New York.
I’m seriously thinking that maybe I’d like to visit that between now and April. Maybe a girls weekend in New York 
Tim Burton has produced some amazing creative works, in particular my favourite being The Nightmare Before Christmas, which to me is an animated musical masterpiece.
The exhibition will consist of a career retrospective on Tim Burton as a director, producer, writer and artist for live action and animated film.
At the exhibition we’ll be treated to early childhood drawings, pre-production conceptual artwork for his films, student art, never seen before pieces, and much more.
To complete this blog, I’d like to point horror fans to some of the best horror movies I’ve ever seen. Just in case you’ve missed some great ones
Night Of The Living Dead 1978 and also amazingly enough the 2004 version is also fantastic. I don’t know how they pulled that one off.
The Lost Boys
Severance
Grindhouse
Dog Soldiers
Ginger Snaps
13 Ghosts
The Company of Wolves
The People Under The Stairs
The Evil Dead Trilogy …. go Bruce go!
Village Of The Damned (brick wall, brick wall)
Hellraiser
Shaun of the Dead
Wrong Turn
The Thing
28 Days Later
The Descent
Dusk Til Dawn
Aliens
Silver Bullet
The Ring
Event Horizon
An American Werewolf in Paris….and London
The Grudge
Bad Taste … very weird, like many Aussie horrors.
Cube
Creepshow
Frightnight
Nightbreed
Children of the Corn
My absolute favourites are:
Evil Dead Trilogy
Dawn of the Dead
Lost Boys
Aliens
Wrong Turn
Nightbreed
The Ring was the scariest film I’ve ever seen out of many many horror movie viewings (this is just a short list of favs, I’ve seen way more horrors than this), to the extent that I will never allow the film into the house again, and I was so scared by it that I wouldn’t watch another horror until a year later! Not sure that means it’s a ‘favourite’ for me! But clearly the scariest for me out of the lot
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Tim Burton has produced some fantastic films, I really like that particular atmosphere he brings to his work, Nightmare before christmas is a great example of that style and atmosphere – I am looking forward to the release of Alice in Wonderland.
I have also seen most of the films on your list, of which the Grindhouse double bill is a real favourite of mine. There are quite a few films that follow the “Wrong turn” format, for me Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the best, I prefer the 2003 remake to the original, despite many referring to the original as a classic. I have not however seen the Ring, I will have to do something about that.
Funny you should mention Alice in Wonderland, I was watching the trailer for that yesterday, it looks brilliant!!
I love anything Alice In Wonderland though, I’m thinking of writing a blog on all things Alice inspired
I adore Tim Burton, I couldn’t agree more about him creating an “atmosphere” I too cannot wait for Alice in Wonderland next year!
Tim Burton is definitely a little dark, but very very talented. Thanks for this post.
He’s amazing, very unique.
I’m not going to be able to fly out and make this exhibition … I’m too poor following my tax bill and xmas credit card
PAH!!!!!
BUT if anyone in New York is reading this, please take some fabulous clear photos of the exhibition and email them to me to blog about!! If you are a designer, of course you will get a link and mention to your website at the same time.
Clickety click
Anyone seen Alice In Wonderland yet? Any good?
xx