Salon.com > live-action films http://www.salon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 01:58:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tim Burton’s golden moment http://www.salon.com/2013/01/22/tim_burtons_golden_moment/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/22/tim_burtons_golden_moment/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13178397 Hard though it may be to believe given the breadth of his career and his particularly well-defined aesthetic, Tim Burton had only been nominated for an Oscar once before this year. Then as now, the support of the academy came for his animated films for children; Burton was nominated for best animated film for 2005's "Corpse Bride" and 2012's "Frankenweenie," a stop-motion film (painstakingly made by resetting the positions of models infinitesimally) about a reanimated pet pup. He spoke to Salon about his history with animation and with the Oscars.

Why is it that your animated films have caught on so much more with the academy?

That's hard for me to know. I don’t really know. I enjoy them -- I started my career as an animator, and I wasn't a very good animator, but I always loved it. I was such a fan of Ray Harryhausen. I think just starting my career at Disney, it has something to do with my background. And it’s such a pure form -- it’s why you like making movies in the first place.

Does your appreciation for animated films come from the fact that they're in some ways much simpler than your complicated, ornate live-action films?

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