A Pathfinder to the Artistic Collaboration of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp

+++++++ "One person`s crazyness is another person`s reality." Tim Burton +++++++

Pathfinder Created for LIBR 220: Film and Media Collections

Based on Resources Available
at the Los Angeles Public Library
& On The World Wide Web

By: Courtney B. Lerner
Professor Nancy Goldman
San Jose State University
School of Library and Information Science
Summer 2009

INTRODUCTIONS: Welcome to 'Til Depp Do Us Part!

A Tim Burton & Johnny Depp Film Pathfinder! Whether you are a film student, an art student, a film lover, or a patron looking for more Burton & Depp, this Pathfinder will set you off into the wonderful, dreamy world of Burton and the films he creates while working side by side in what is swiftly becoming an artistic collaboration like no other! Sometimes dark & sometimes quirky, something romantic and other time poetic, one thing is for sure: it's very nearly never like anything else you've seen. Both Johnny Depp & Tim Burton are a source of inspiration to film students, actors, and fine artists alike but beginning to research them and/or narrow down information to just the film collaborations with Depp is a unique challenge. Surely the collaboration between the two is edging show a large niche out in the history of films that it is our goal with this pathfinder to give you a place to explore and a way to start from scratch locating materials from films & periodicals to reference books & the internet. Keep in mind, with all our selections, it is only selected materials and we are in no way a source for ALL information Depp & Burton, but rather a stepping stone to get you started with basic resources. Please take a moment to read the scope as it will help you maneuvor this pathfinder, otherwise you're late for a very important date! Or in this case a date with a film librarian! Thanks for dropping down the Burton & Depp Hole, Signed, The UnLibrarian (Who is anticipating both Alice in Wonderland & Dark Shadows) Visit the other UnLibrarian Sites (And have a very merry Unbirthday)! UnLibrarian Book Blog Steampunk Pathfinder Add me as a fan at the UnLibrarian on facebook Book Trailers on YouTube by The UnLibrarian

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Til Depp do us Part is a specific film-related pathfinder on the collaboration of Johnny Depp & Tim Burton.
  • This pathfinder is for educational purposes and all images are used under the principles and philosophies of Fair Use: criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. This pathfinders is meant as a reference tool to get one started in their research at a very basic level.
  • Offered here are a cross-section of materials based on items that can be rented and/or accessed through The Los Angeles Public Library or the World Wide Web. Because it is directed for use by either a patron or a librarian with access to LAPL and it is a only a tool to get your research started this pathfinder not a complete reference to all things Burton & Depp.
Helpful navigation hints to note before going forward:
  • The pathfinder map at the top of the page is your gateway to the entire pathfinder. Click on the link you want to explore and the page will redirect you. The Introduction and scope will be ever present. Please note that the link in will be below them.
  • The labels on the left hand column on the pathfinder function as an alternative for searching and as a tag function. Example: One looking for Sweeny Todd can click on the label "Sweeny Todd" and the site will redirect you to the posts that are related to your choice.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Articles & Dual Interviews

Interviews and Articles:








Dorothy Hernandez. (2009, June 26). Power couple: Who says relationships in Hollywood can't last? Depp, Burton know how to make it work. Chicago Tribune,p. 62. Retrieved August 4, 2009, from Chicago Tribune. (Document ID: 1763584121).

Reader's Annotation: True to the title this article is about the artistic relationship of Depp and Burton and the impact their collaboration has had on the evolution of their work. It is in reference to their latest film Alice in Wonderland. This article is commentary and not an interview.



















Fussman, C. (January 2008). The continuing adventures of Tim & Johnny: Burton and Depp are known as two of the strangest, quietest geniuses ever to work in movies. Turns out they're not that strange. Or quiet. Esquire, 149(1), 60-68.

Reader's Annonation: A magazine dedicated to the contemporary man primarily surrounding arts, culture, fashion, and sophisticated male mentality. The article is an artist on artist, dual interview style article released around Sweeney Todd publicity.






Scholarly Reviewed Film Commentary:















Arnold, D L (Jan 2003). Fearful pleasures, or "I am twice the man": the re-gendering of Icabod Crane. Literature-Film Quarterly. , 31, 1. p.33-38. Retrieved August 04, 2009, from General OneFile via Gale:
http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=ITOF&docId=A102722952&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0


Reader's Annotation: This scholarly reviewed article from the Literature-Film Quarterly is a academic look at gender roles in the Depp-Burton Ccllaboration Sleepy Hollow. It compares the original story by Crane with Depp and Burton's character interpretation. It also looks at the film itself juxtaposed with the classic literature.




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