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Title: Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker by Ken Hanke ISBN: 1-58063-162-2 Publisher: Renaissance Books Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (47 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great read for any Burton fanatic
Comment: Where as BURTON ON BURTON provided us with an insightful and often thoughtful look at the life of Tim Burton, the book tended to lack detail reviews of Tim's films. After finishing BURTON ON BURTON I was left feeling satisfied about Tim but was still curious about his films. It wasn't until i read Ken Hanke's book, that my thihrst was quneched. Hanke,a man who knows a thing or two about films, touches lightly upon Tim's life but divulges deeply in his films, providing the reader with a mouthfu of information. Each film is discussed, from concept to script to casting and music, and makes you pause and think about the film opening up your eyes to so much more and making you want to watch them again with even an even deeper interest and respect!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Tim Burton Fan Loves It!
Comment: This is THE book I've been waiting for ever since I saw EDWARD SCISSORHANDS! But I never thought I would get it. A book that covered Burton's life and all his films with close attention to detail, analysis, and production background would have been enough cause for celebration. But this book gives the reader even more, since author Ken Hanke (whose other works I now intend on seeking out) manages to illustrate how Burton's own life and feelings are reflected by what he has put on the screen. That seems to be something that bothers some people, which I find odd, since these same people accept Burton as among the most personal of filmmakers, but have a problem when someone actually connects the man and his art. If Burton's films are not extremely personal and do not reflect the filmmaker, then what are they? Nothing but flashy, visually striking exercises in empty moviemaking. Whatever the book's detractors' problem is, for me this was a revelation of the real genius of Tim Burton--a master filmmaker, who has managed to make his own concerns, interests, and obsessions accessible to the world at large. Before I read the book, I loved Tim Burton's movies. After reading the book, I not only loved the films, I had a new and huge respect for the filmmaker. I cannot possibly recommend this book highly enough. It is just plain indispensable. I'll be reading it again and again. Thank you, Ken Hanke!
Rating: 2
Summary: No good
Comment: It's very boring and all. I've read and re-read my copy of Burton on Burton, and this book provides me with no new information. Hanke even goes so far as to quote from the interviews Salisbury assembled into Burton on Burton. It's annoying, reading through this book, since Hanke seems to insist that he knows exactly what's going on in Burton's mind. He over-analyses absolutely everything, bringing Burton's films down to a level where nothing is truly worth anything. According to Hanke, Pee Wee's Big Adventure is all about sexual stuff. Honestly, for three pages, every other word is sex. Methinks perhaps Hanke is not so much telling us what Burton thinks, but what he would think if he was Burton.
Also, the writing feels to me like something I might write on a late night to turn in the next morning to my 10th grade english teacher. The style seems to be that of an essay, not a book.
My final complaint is the huge editing mistake I found. At the beginning of the chapters, Hanke gives a quote. At the beginning of one, I was shocked to see the words "I know I am but what are you?" Anyone who's seen the movie can tell you the quote it "I know you are but what am I?", and it amazes me that such a large error slipped through and made it into print.
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Title: Burton on Burton by Mark Salisbury, Johnny Depp ISBN: 0571205070 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares by Paul A. Woods ISBN: 0859653102 Publisher: Plexus Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy : and Other Stories by Tim Burton ISBN: 0688156819 Publisher: HarperEntertainment Pub. Date: 05 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tim Burton by Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc ISBN: 1903047625 Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Tim Burton (Virgin Film) by Jim Smith, J. Clive Matthews, Martin Landau, Rick Heinrichs ISBN: 0753506823 Publisher: Virgin Publishing Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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