Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares (Ultrascreen Series)

By Paul A. Woods

Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares is a definitive guide to a successful cinematic career based on a love of American pop-gothic imagery. Anthologising articles and interviews written throughout Burton's career, the book charts his path from malcontent animator at Walt Disney Productions to director of feature films whose fantasy aesthetic couched natural sympathy for the alienated outsider (Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood). Comprehensive sections on each of his films are often prefaced with in-depth articles describing the pop-gothic subject matter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859653102
• ISBN13: 9780859653107
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A lot of great information about a great director!

"Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares" is divided into chapters, each chapter being a movie that he directed or created (A Nightmare Before Christmas). For each chapter, there are articles that people wrote when the movie was being made and a review. I wish it had more interviews with Tim, but oh well. The book also has alot of pictures of him and the actors on set and there's a chapter about the short films that he made (Frankenweenie, Vincent). This book really taught me about Tim Burton and his films. Fun to read!