Undoubtedly, the post of the chairman of the jury of the main European film forum is the act of recognizing the 51-year-old American Timothy William Burton as an old Europe. And a ticket to the coveted "Oscar", which Tim does not yet have. "This is the dream of every director. And also a great honor for me, "the director thanked the director for his trust. Ha! To hear official speeches from the mouth of the Mad Tim is like brushing his hair. Excluded! And so the "looking-glass master" immediately added: "The crazy dream came true: on absolutely legal grounds, I can non-stop to watch films. The best of the best. The last time I could afford this was at 16, when I arranged 48-hour marathons from horror films. " Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are real friends, and that says a lot.
"Lisichek has moved the car"
"A movie marathon with a dismemberment" is still a flower. A closed boy from California's Burbank (a satellite city of Los Angeles) preferred street games ... walks through the Valhalla cemetery. He examined the gravestones, sketched them in a notebook, it happened, even dozed on a sun-warmed gravestone. In a small family crypt lived a flock of bats, and Tim even climbed into a textbook on biology and learned what they were fed. He could never understand why people are so afraid of cemeteries? In his view, these were the safest places on earth. Where did the parents look? And Bill and Gene Burton themselves were weird. "Once, when I was a child," recalls the director, "my parents laid the brick windows in my bedroom, leaving small" loopholes "somewhere under the ceiling, which could only be looked up on the table. For a long time I was afraid to ask why they did it, but one day I decided. It turns out to keep the heat in the house. " Parents went to the service, they kept the store "Cat's Paradise" (do not think that it was a ritual service for cats) and from time to time blamed the eldest son for the fact that he was not studying well. In general, Tim was carrying a river of events, faded and monotonous.
"Suburban residents live without a sense of history, culture," continues Tim. - And I always had a choice: either to adapt to what surrounds me, or to create a lasting inner peace. I chose the second. " The second is the handwriting in the album and horror stories about the living dead, which he himself composed. At the age of 14, when Tim studied in the 9th grade, his drawings won the "Clean Burbank" competition. The following year on the garbage trucks flaunted the posters of young talent. Perhaps they liked one of the employees of Disney Studios, which is in Burbank. And from this very studio he got a phantom on learning "at the California Institute of Arts. And after his graduation in 1979 he came to work there. Two years later, Tim took off the short film "Frankenvini", and rushed. "Batman" (1989), "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), "The Corpse of the Bride" (2005) ... In the record of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, 15 full-length paintings that brought him fame one of the most original directors of our time. If humor, then in black. If he chooses a hero, tofrica. If it creates a spectacle, it destroys all existing traditions. "He is an artist, a genius, an eccentric, a madman, brave, funny to hysterics. A true friend. I owe a huge debt to him, "says Johnny Depp, who starred in Burton's seven paintings.
Helena is forever!
In addition to "Depp's favorite", Burton also has "adored Helena" (Helena Bonham Carter), who starred in 6 of his paintings. In addition, she gave birth to his son Billy Rey (he went to the seventh year) and daughter Nell (her two). Tim and Helena are not married, although they are engaged. They met in October 2001 on the set of Burton's film "Planet of the Apes". By this moment, the star of his former music, actress Lisa Marie (she starred in 5 films of Burton and lived with the director for 9 years). Prior to Lisa, Burton was married to German artist Lene Giseke for 4 years. But, neither Lena, nor Lisa were not fit for Helena Bonham Carter. First of all, because they tried to "tame the elements." And Helena - the same field of berry as Tim, with the only difference is that she is a terrible chatty, and he, on the contrary, is silent. They even have family nicknames on this topic: Tim is the Great Leader Little Patience, and Helena is the Little Squaw Long Tongue. Not so long ago we wrote about the fact that the family life of the most extraordinary couple of Hollywood is somewhat similar to the films Burton takes off. They say that spouses sleep not only in separate bedrooms, but also in separate ... houses, connected by a wide corridor. And children with a nanny live in a newly bought mansion in the neighborhood. The gloomy gothic atmosphere of Tim's house, Bonham Carter believes, is consistent with his character. She is also "more fun and comfortable". This, of course, does not mean that Helena never crosses the threshold of her husband's house. On its half there is a room in which she often sews. And in Helena's house, Burton has a panopticon room, where "all evil spirits" are collected, made by the master's hands. Separate living, says Tim and Helena, make their family only stronger, because they do not interfere with each other and can do whatever they want. But still they often want to be together. Here and in Cannes are going to the whole family.
Chips of the genius
"My paintings - this is exactly what I lack in reality," - says the director.
Tim Burton always wears purple glasses without diopters. And glasses correcting farsightedness, hang on a special lace around the neck. The director is extremely scrupulous in small things.
The image of the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) is very dear to the director. It is no coincidence that he said at the premiere of a picture in London: "The Hatter is me." And noted the 100% hit in the role of Johnny Depp. Curiously, the sketches of the Mad Hatter, which Depp and Burton drew separately, almost coincided!
On the set of the Planet of the Apes, Tim complimented Helena Bonham Carter: "You are the most beautiful monkey." The actress did not hesitate to fall in love with the director ... A couple of years ago, Helena played the mother of four autistic children and, in preparation for the shooting, was surprised to find some symptoms of Asperger (a doctor who studied autism) from her husband. For example, Burton is a sociopath (he is afraid of a large crowd of people) and in the metro he loses consciousness. Also he is driven into a frenzy by the ticking of the clock. Tim also told Helen what kind of agony he was trying to learn as a child when riding a bike, swimming and skating. And Johnny Depp admitted in one of the interviews that he noticed a friend's suicidal tendencies.
In the animated film "The Corpse of the Bride" (2005) - the doll of the main heroine of Victoria not only speaks in Helena's voice, but also externally reminds her.