I recently finished reading Burton on Burton, a collection of interviews given by film director Tim Burton.
I’ve been a fan of his movies for a while.
Particularly Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Edward Scissorhands impacted me as a kid.
You get to wondering what makes a person like that tick.
A few years back, while scouring the aisles of Brand Bookshop in downtown Glendale (now closed, sadly), I came across a book of Tim Burton sketches.
I remember really wanting that book but for whatever reason, I didn’t buy it.
Recently, more than 10 years after first discovering a book by someone probably best known for his movies, I got a random impulse to search online for books written either by or about Tim Burton and found a few, which I promptly added to my to-read list.
Burton on Burton was the first of his books I nabbed off Amazon, and, as you might expect, Tim Burton is a weird dude.
But Burton is king of making weird “cool.”
Burton said of his early studies at CalArts:
“I remember going through art school…They say, ‘No, No. You can’t draw like this. You have to draw like this.’ And I remember one day I was so frustrated–because I love drawing, but actually I’m not that good at it. But one day something clicked in my brain. I was sitting sketching and I thought, “Fuck it, I don’t care if I can draw or not. I like doing it.” And I swear to God, from one second to the next I had a freedom which I hadn’t had before. From that point on, I didn’t care if I couldn’t make the human form look like the human form. I didn’t care if people liked it. There was this almost like drug-induced sense of freedom.”
After I read this, I realized, this is why I love Tim Burton.
He embraces his unique talent and limitations alike, follows his passion, and keeps pressing on – no matter if people initially understand it or accept it.
The world has a strange way of trying to hold you back from creating new things and challenging the status quo, but then oddly, strangely, rewards you when you keep pressing on against the naysayers.
Tim Burton realized the power certain movies, characters, and feelings had over him. And he sought to create the same thing for others through his work.
It didn’t matter if his work was “subpar” or “weird” according to the standards of the day.
This is why I love Burton’s movies and characters and the feelings they give me. They give you a strange sense of embracing your weirdness but at the same a feeling of belonging.
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