Well I just heard some news that sounds great. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are in pre production on a new movie. For those of you who don't know, or need a refresher. Tim Burton, master of the strange, has provided Johnny Depp, master of the quirky character, with some of his best characters in 5 previous movies together. Depp was in
Edward Scissorhands,
Ed Wood,
Sleepy Hollow,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and
Corpse Bride, all Burton films.
So what new quirky character will Depp be playing? And what strange story will Burton be tackling? Sweeny Todd, Based on the hit Broadway musical which tells the infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. A barber and serial killer, Sweeny Todd's weapon of choice is a straight razor, with which he cuts his victim's throats; Then with Ms. Lovett's help bakes the carcasses into meat pies. Sounds like right up Mr. Burton's alley. So I guees the only question will be if Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) can sing.
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Hmmmm, sounds, ummm, interesting? I'm not so sure about the meat pie thing, and please don't have Johnny sing, (that'll ruin it for me). I just watched a special about the Corpse Bride. It was very interesting seeing the behind the scene things. I'm going to have to buy that movie. I loved it, though the boys weren't too impressed.
My daughter who is six, loves the Corpse Bride, and I don't think it's too bad either.
As for sweeny Todd and the meat pies thing, Will, Hasn't there been a couple of films where people have been ingredients in food? One was to do with a chocolate/sweet factory where a worker fell in the vat, and the resultant sweet sold like wild fire. So the owners had to go round killing people to keep up with the sales.
And the other one with Raul Julia, that was a black comedy.
By the way If I don't manage to get on again before hand, have agreat Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
Wasn't that the subject of "Soyent Green"? If I remember, the earth was overpopulated and the natural resources were used up, so the government distributed food called "soyent". Soyent yellow and soyent red were made from vegetable product, but soyent green was made from "expendable" people, like the homeless and the elderly. Something like that.
Sweeny Todd is a lot older story then Soylent Green. But yes, "Soylent Green is people!"
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