Tim Burton: "Macabre Cadabra"

"Macabre Cadabra"

Tim Burton
25 August 1958

is an American filmmaker and artist known for his Dark gothic fantasy films. some of his most successful films are Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas . (1993), more recently the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and the fantasy films Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
He also directed the Michael Keaton starrer Batman in 1989 and Batman Returns in 1992 and the 2001 version Planet of the Apes

Unknowingly ( not knowing that was his work) i grew up with his films , Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attack and The Michael Keaton starrer Batmans

However the first time i was conciously aware about his work was "Corpse Bride" , a stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film in 2005. which i became very fond of. the visual presentation. this immediately reminded me to watch this movie of the same nature that i perhaps missed due to a lot of things 1993's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" which was also Tim Burton's idea.
i fell in love with the whole presentation of these movies, the graphics , the macambre characters , the dark settings. i felt lt was very unique way of presenting dark themed animation / characters.
and i felt it somehow connected to my admiration to Edgar Allan Poe's works as well.
It became perhaps one of my favorite animation kind like film of all time .

it wasnt hard really to follow Tim Burton's work after that as he seemed to be fond of actor Johnny Depp, who would lead his next films; Sweeny Todd, Alice in Wonderland , Dark Shadows...

There was some sort of glee, when i discovered that he was also the man behind Beetlejuice , and Edward Scissorhands and i realized his print on that movies.

Another movie that i fell in love with was Ed Wood , i love how he create this dark presentation , in a great way, and perhaps i get it now, Johnny Depp perhaps fully understand Tim Burton's vision , and he was just the perfect guy to do the part, it was like his films were tailormade for him.

2012's Frankenweenie again, brought back the child in me.
especially that time when we had a couple of our own Sparky(ies) , for a short borrowed time.
There is something absolutely magic about Burton's Works, as
this kind of film captures perfectly the a dark theme or somber or moody aura , that is not necessarily evil. perhaps it wasn't just popular, somehow the flip side of a more popular perspective.