When questioned about recent Batman pictures, Burton claims he starts "Laughing and Sobbing" after years of being told his 1989 film was "Too Gloomy"
If you haven't seen Tim Burton's 1989 Batman in a minute, it's worth recalling that it's a really strange film: structurally, it's designed as an investigative thriller, with Gotham journalists probing some lunatic named Bruce Wayne. In the beginning, you see a man shocked into a burning husk. It concludes with Michael Keaton's Batman easily executing Jack Nicholson's Joker. It's not as bad as, say, Batman Returns, but it's still very bleak!
Nonetheless, when asked how his film compares to later chapters in the franchise, Burton smiled, calling it "a joyful romp" in contrast. Burton was speaking today at the Lumière Festival in France, where he discussed how the superhero craze he helped spark has evolved over time. "I'd never heard of the phrase 'franchise' when I originally started Batman," Burton told the audience. "After then, it evolved into something different."
Burton claims he is occasionally asked about new Batman pictures, probably referring to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy or Matt Reeves' recent The Batman
The thing that is funny about it now is, people go “What do you think of the new Batman?” and I start laughing and crying because I go back to a time capsule, where pretty much every day the studios were saying, “It’s too dark, it’s too dark.” Now it looks like a lighthearted romp.
According to Deadline, Burton—whose most recent project is Netflix's Wednesday TV show, on which he serves as an executive producer—also discussed some of his career disappointments, including "a musical version of the slasher movie House Of Wax with Michael Jackson." Burton, to the audience: "They said 'no.' Do you believe it? " Meanwhile, in the current film industry, "I've been around for a long time. Studios used to be governed by people who had created movies or had some relationship to them, but they were eventually taken over by business and attorneys, who don't really understand or have a sense for cinema."
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