In the days leading up to the Oscars, I'll be featuring the nominees in the various visual categories. This week, I've been looking at the nominees for Best Art Direction, which encompasses the entire look and feel of a film from the scenery to the lighting. Check out my galleries of production stills from Ridley Scott's darkly evocative American Gangster, the lovely Atonement and the fantastical world portrayed in The Golden Compass. Today I'm turning my sights to Sweeney Todd.
As I mentioned in my review of Sweeney Todd, the visual aspects of this film are largely why I liked it so very much. Tim Burton has a way with dark whimsy and Sweeney Todd is no exception. Burton's sinister, ominous-looking London is depicted in drab hues of browns and grays — all the better backdrop for the gallons of brilliant red blood that gush from Sweeney Todd's victims. By contrast, Mrs. Lovett's cartoonish and candy-colored dream sequence in which she entertains fantasies of marrying Todd and living "by the sea" are jarringly, ludicrously bright and hopeful.
Though I like all the nominees in this category, I must admit I have a soft spot in my heart for Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd.
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Photos courtesy of Paramount
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for such a dark film, it was beautiful!
1I, too, have a soft spot in my heart for Sweeney Todd. It was perfect Tim Burton.
2I hated this movie. Let me save you $9 (plus popcorn and soda) and tell you what the movie was about.
Man gets put in prison
Sing a song
Man gets out of prison
Man opens a shave shop and kills all his clients (not good for repeat business don't you think)
Woman who lives under man's shave shop starts cooking said man's dead clients.
Man kills clients
Sing a song
Man kills clients
Man kills clients
Sing a song about killing clients
Man kills clients then kills woman.
Sing a song
The end
3Sweeney was unreal!
4This movie definitely deserves an Oscar, but I thinking something more along of the lines of Best Director...oh, well.
5I lost faith in Tim Burton and Johnny Depp after Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Sweeny Todd helped me fall back in love with the duo, and even more in love with Helena.♥
6It was funny,sad and didn't have happy ending,but I enjoyed it because Johnny sing good and he sure can whistle good.He played that part excellent.
7I hope Johnny win for Best Actor and Sweeney Todd win for Best Art Direction.
8Visually, very engaging and artful, and the story has a certain "urban myth/Edgar Allen Poe feel to it.
9However, Johnny Depp is a one-trick pony. I get tired of seeing him perform the same characters time and time again.
i absolutely loved this film. the ending had such an emotional impact on me, and the singing was great too
10I Love this movie I think It shows how talented Johnny and Helena really are! I have always enjoyed Tim Burton-Johnny depp Movies But I think that this one is the best.
11where can you see some picture for the art direction, not only sweeney todd, but in general?
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