Turin (Italy): Oscar-nominated director Tim Burton says he has no favourites when it comes to his movies, describing them all as “troubled children”.

Burton known for films including Edward Scissorhands, Frankenweenie and Corpse Bride, he has also been showcasing his drawings and models in exhibitions in “The World of Tim Burton”, which opened on Wednesday at the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy.

In an interview, Burton said that he had involved with art exhibition in 2009 which took him a couple of years. “When I first saw it (the show in New York), it did feel like laundry hanging on the wall. I felt quite exposed. I feel that way with films, I like making them but then I get sort of terrified of showing them”, he said.

When asked how important are your drawings to your movie making process, Burton said, when he first started out, he didn’t really communicate very well, some people say it remains to this day, but he always felt drawings were a way for him to get ideas out.

“I’d just draw like a Jack Skellington character (from 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas) and I didn’t even know what it was for, drawing brought out my subconscious”, he said.

While speaking about how did Hollywood strike affect his upcoming American fantasy film Beetlejuice 2, he said that he had got two days of shooting left, he knows exactly what they need to do, as soon as the strikes are over, take off the pause button and go do it.

Speaking about his own films, director of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory said he has “no favourites”, but said they’re all my troubled children.

Published in Dawn, October 12th, 2023