("Vincent." Screen Shot, Property of Tim Burton.)
Film Short: Vincent.
Directed by: Tim Burton.
Released: 1982.
Running Time: 6.24 min.
This animated short is another of those narrative examples that show the destructive nature of imagination, particularly in children. In this case, a boy obsessed with Vincent Price with aspirations to be said man.
This was Tim Burton’s first animated stop motion short with that fun unique macabre style that made him famous. Much like his later film The Nightmare Before Christmas, he utilizes the story through a poetic verse, though this short has the poem narrated by none other than Vincent Price himself during the progress of the short instead of merely basing it on the infamous man.
The short has this amazingly engaging flow, and the fact that Vincent Price did the narration, in fact he is the only vocal center of the entire piece, gives it this multilevel engagement and a certain charming appeal.
For any Tim Burton fans out there, this is a fascinating artifact from the early days of his career.
View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQcBKUPm8o
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