Tim Burton Goes French
Tim Burton's getting a fresh burst of attention these days, what with the current retrospective on his career taking place at New York's Museum of Modern Art and the March 5th release of his take on the Lewis Carroll classics Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. And now the auteur is getting one of the highest honors a filmmaker can receive.
Burton will head the jury of this year's Cannes Film Festival, running from May 12 through May 23.
According to Variety, the festival's president Gilles Jacob commented, "We hope Tim Burton's sweet madness and gothic humor will pervade the Croisette, bringing Christmas to all. Christmas and Halloween."
Burton himself remarked, "After spending my early life watching triple features and 48-hour horror movie marathons, I'm finally ready for this."
That's our Tim. And to think we knew him when...
