Tim Burton Talks Batman To Rolling Stone
Tim Burton has been doing lots of rounds of press for his latest film, Big Eyes. But as he was the director of the very influential 1989 Batman with Michael Keaton and it’s the not only the 75th anniversary of Batman but the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman film, he also is talking a lot lately about his movie and superhero films in general today. Recently, Tim Burton talked to Rolling Stone about Batman and other things (but of course we only care about Batman):
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On Batman then, reaction to Michael Keaton’s casting and superhero movies today:
"It feels a bit surreal. I mean Batman made a lot of money but critically, it was panned and considered too dark [laughs] — now, 30 or 40 years later they’re mining the same thing. Even though it’s slightly different, it’s still tortured souls dressing up in funny costumes. It’s amazing how it’s not only stayed but grown.And people were upset about Michael Keaton [getting cast], but I thought he gave an amazing performance. The whole point of that was, he’s not Arnold Schwarzenegger; he was a guy who needs to dress up as a bat to create a persona. That’s what’s so brilliant about him. You just look at his eyes and go, “This fucker’s crazy.”"
"Well, I mean…that’s just what studios do. The thing that amazes me the most, when they’ll do a Spider-Man movie and then they’ll do the exact same story a few years later. That’s a weird new phenomenon. I get the fact of revisiting the material. From a studio point of view, I understand that. It’s just a bit frightening where that’s going. They basically change the director, change the actors, but do exactly the same story."
"Oh, well they got pissed off at Ben Affleck [for getting cast as Batman]. Thank god there wasn’t the Internet at the time we did Batman. We would have been murdered."
It’s pretty interesting to note that Batman was critically panned and there was a huge uproar over Michael Keaton being cast all those years ago. Some things really don’t change. If you want to read Tim Burton’s thoughts on stuff besides Batman including Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas, and of course, his latest film Big Eyes, go check out the link for the full interview
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