Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas is a new kind of Disney which we have never encountered before. Dark, brilliant, bizarre and superbly unpredictable - adjectives which the giant could not even comprehend before. A world filled with sickly sweet infantile romance which is suddenly invaded by Tim Burton's peculiar characters. Disney is therefore able to proudly present a film which for once is completely unique, pioneering and contradictory, all at once!

Tim Burton become notorious for his original style and strange characters in films such as Beetlejuice, Batman and Edward Scissorhands. However, these were only a hint of things that were to come later. Because in Nightmare all of Burton's characteristics are fully developed and united in a sparkling visual firework never seen before. It ranges from the classic fairytales of the brothers Grimm to Rocky Horror Picture Show with its exhilarating and refreshing madcap comedy.

Burton has previously shown that he loves this type of over the top comedy, spiced with satirical overtones. A difficult act to follow when applied to a human character. When you work with dolls, however, and makes use of the animated form, everything gains in gravity and clarity. A totally wild Jack Nicholson/The Joker would for example have gained a completely different resonance than what was the case in Batman.

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Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi: Manus
Caroline Thompson: Foto
Pete Kozachik: Musik
Danny Elfman: Talat språk
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