Tim Burton

[Edward James Almost]

Let's not forget Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Seriously.


From: Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
To: Doug Millison <DMillison at ftmg.net>
CC: "Pynchon-L (E-mail)" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: The movies
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:53:12 +0100


Tim Burton, on the other hand, is one of the best among the Hollywood big 
shots (others include the eternal exception Martin Scorsese and the likes of 
John McNaughton and Sam Raimi, whose last movie I have not seen, but whose 
"A Simple Plan" is one of the best at least of the last decade). The first 
two "Batman"-movies are immensely watchable. The first one has its flaws, 
but the second one ("Batman's Return" or "The Return of Batman") may well 
stand as the most disturbing picture Hollywood ever offered to a young 
audience. It is also very, very good. After this, not surprisingly, 
Hollywood decided to let Joel Schumacher direct, and have Michael Keaton, an 
odd but brillant choice for Bruce
Wayne, replaced by Brad Pitt and later George Clooney.

The other perfect film by Tim Burton is "Edward Scissorhands", but 
everything he has put on film, even "Mars Attacks", is well worth watching. 
Let's see what he will do with "Planet of the Apes"...

Thomas

P.S. There are two movies in pre-production now that are based on novels by 
James Ellroy, "The Black Dahlia" and "White Jazz". Ellroy with "American 
Tabloid" and his latest, "Cold Six Thousand", which I have not read yet, 
seems to be getting into Pynchon and DeLillo territory now, at least as far 
as political conspiracy is concerned. Any opinions (on Ellroy, the movies 
etc.)?




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