Issues of realism in film with regard to Tim Burton, explain?

Question

Doing essay on this topic and would like some advice if possible.

Answer 1

Tim Burton's films all deal with realism in an altered form. To explain this I will give a few examples. Tim Burton stated in a interview on Reelz TV's 'The Directors' series that he never felt as if he fit into the world. This experience in his life shaped the man who became the director. In 'Edward Scissorhands', Edward is different than the other people in the world because of his birth defect. Burton created a world where he was accepted and discovered love. Burton also examines this theme in his "The Nightmare Before Christmas". The main character searches for a place to belong and be loved.

In "Big Fish", he compares the reality of what is to what one believes it to be. He follows the life of a man from his youth to adulthood. It tells of these great adventures that the man's son thought to be nothing more than the lies and stories of his father. When nearing the end of his father's life, the son wants to know the truth. He tries to make his father confess that the stories were fiction. He is desperate to make his father see the truth of reality. It is not until his father passes that he understands that the big tales were part of his father's reality.

I think that Burton examines the difference in reality and the perception of reality in all of his films. In the late 1800's, authors wrote of space travel which was fiction based and now that fiction is our reality.

Answer 2

Well my best advice for you is to rent a few of Burton's movies and get your own ideas. Even though everyone is saying that Burton and realism are really far apart I see other ways to argue that they do co-exist on aspects of his movie. But no matter what you need to do this essay so hop to is.

Answer 3

DEAR DR KNOW,

I always fell well when some confused movie lover like you comes around and asks such questions. But still, I like that at least someone is asking about the director instead of actors, especially actresses. And I shall be more than happy to enlighten you.

Well....to begin with…..

Movies and reality…these things never go together. You cannot look for reality in movies. Confused people do so. If you wanna look for reality, look around you…go outside in streets…in slums…in train…you will find plenty of reality bites there. You don’t wanna spend your hard earned money to see the reality on screen.

Movies are always larger than life….it is not life…it is art…the prime objective of a movie is entertainment…it makes you forget the real world. And that is exactly the thing about movie. You must understand this. It is very vital. Only then you will be able to see a movie with the director’s point of view.

Or else, one could end up like so many confused souls who seek reality in movies. To me, they are sick people.

Tim Burton is one of the great directors in Hollywood. I admire all of his work.

You don’t want an essay on this, so I am stopping here.
Once again, do not… repeat…DO NOT look for reality in anyone’s film!!

Regards,
M.

Answer 4

Mutually exclusive terms.
Tim Burton whilst a great director is so far divorced from reality to almost BE imaginary himself.He has yet to make a film that vaguely resembles "realism" .

Answer 5

realism and tim burton are words that dont really go together.
most of his films are dark/gothic and a few of them have problems with dates and facts that are not exact.
for instance in sleepy hollow ,the judge ,christopher lee, says that a new millenium is upon us.but the year of the story is 1799? i think he meant new century.
burton is one of the best directors and if you want to be entertained go see one of his movies, sleepy hollow,batman,edward scissorhands,beetlejuice,charlie and the chocolate factory, his films even have a fairy tale quality.

but if you want realism look at another directors work.
burtons movies are about one thing.
fantasy