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Tim talks Batman Begins in Newsweek…
Q: Did you know you wanted Michael Keaton right away after “Beetle Juice?”
A: No. We were looking at a lot of traditional, superhero types—square jawed, chiseled actors. Then it dawned us that Batman is a guy who isn’t that. He’s trying to create a persona. He’s trying to become something that he’s not. After working on Michael with “Beetle Juice,” he had a wildness in his eyes, a pent up energy. He just really felt right.Q: But later in the series, we get George Clooney, Val Kilmer, Christian Bale. They’re all chiseled.
A: But we were in new territory at the time. At the time it felt right to me, from a psychological point of view. I kept thinking if the guy was such a strong looking, tough looking guy, why would he make this bat suit? Why doesn’t he just put on a mask and go kick the shit out of people? That, for me, fed into the effect of somebody trying to create this weird persona of something that they’re not.Q: Have you seen the new Batman movie?
A: No. Which I’m kind of glad about.Q: Because you’re afraid if you didn’t like it . . .
A: No. It’s not that I’m afraid that I won’t like it. I just think it’s unfair. The media likes to pit people against other people. The people out there can decide for themselves which movies they like and which movies they don’t like and that’s the point really.Q: What about the Joel Schumacher versions?
A: I have trouble watching my own movies. We’ll start there. I didn’t watch those, because it was material I felt close to. It felt weird to me. It was too close at the time for me to watch them.Q: So you’ve never seen them?
A: No. I mean, I’ve seen parts on cable. But I haven’t.Um… he has a “producer” credit on FOREVER and he hasn’t watched it? I always suspected that title was bulls***.
I think it was merely to give the production some continuity. Calling FOREVER “A Tim Burton Production” is nothing short of scandal!
Ryan
Save for the returning performers and the scene of Bruce’s parent’s dying, I don’t think there’s any continuity with Burton’s films anyway… so I don’t understand why they even bothered.
It was funny to see the doctor at the end of the movie with the Scissorhands hair called “Dr. Burton” though. That was one thing I thought was cool.
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