This Thanksgiving holiday, I’m looking forward to this movie; Big Fish (directed by Tim Burton). Ever since Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas I have been a big fan of Burton’s on-screen visions. To me, they remind me of elaborate fairy tales meshed with contrast and vivid imagery.
The premise to Big Fish is as follows:
“William Bloom (Crudup) tries to learn more about his dying father, Edward (Finney), by piecing together the facts out of the various fantastic tales and legends of epic proportions he’s been told over the years (with McGregor playing the young version of Edward in these “retellings” of his stories). Edward was a travelling salesman, often far from home, and it’s those journeys throughout the South that are the seed of his son’s tales. There are four separate tales told, each fantastic and wild, of Edward’s life, with each ending then with him at his deathbed, as William tries to understand his father’s great deeds, and failures. The titles of the legends (in the book) are “In Which He Speaks to Animals,” “How He Tamed the Giant,” “How He Saved My Life,” and “His Immortality.” Oh, and as you might guess from the title, one of them has a giant fish.”
Look for Big Fish to hit theatres this Thanksgiving holiday.
