Perhaps the cause of this stylistic anomaly is because of the strong connection that Burton felt to the powerful father-son thematic content of the story, himself losing his father a few years prior. Gone are the gaunt and dark environments, being replaced instead by the charm of middle America. Of course, more notable are the interesting characters that inhabit these journeys, including giants, siamese twins and even werewolves.īased on the novel by David Wallace, this cult classic is a great fit for Burton’s oddball sense of style, but in a way that nobody predicted. Some major plot points in his life include him joining a circus, fighting in the Korean War, and robbing a bank. The audience sees these tales told in scattered vignettes with Ewan McGregor playing the young Bloom One of Burton’s most personal projects, this odd fairy tale focuses on Edward Bloom, an old man who connects with his son on his deathbed by telling him amazing, and highly improbable, tall tales about his life. While part of the movie’s brilliance can be attributed to the source material, which Burton, atypically, followed quite closely, the terrific performances and strong vision of the director are similarly responsible. Not only does Burton manage to succeed in these tasks splendidly, but somehow he also retained his signature style. Other challenges with the format involve incorporating choruses and numbers meant to be on a stage into a setting that would be more typical and real in a film. Pulling off a successful movie musical is no easy feat, and when the subject matter is as gruesome as Sweeney Todd’s an audience that enjoys both genres is hard to come by. Lovett, who sells meat pies, must find a creative way to dispose of the bodies. Todd then sets down a dangerous path of killing his customers at random, and Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), but an old acquaintance recognizes him and he must kill him to protect his identity. Johnny Depp plays, and sings, the titular role of a crazed barber who returns to London secretly after a long exile to exact revenge on a crooked judge, played by Alan Rickman, who he blames for the death of his wife. In many ways, one of the most daring films Tim Burton ever made, Sweeney Todd is a grim movie musical based on the classical stage work by Stephen Sondheim. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
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