Burton says he starts 'laughing and crying' when asked about modern Batman movies, after years of being told his 1989 film was 'too dark'
Even so: Burton laughed this week, when asked about how his movie stacks up to later installments in the franchise, calling it “a lighthearted romp” in comparison. Burton was speaking at a masterclass at France’s Lumière Festival today, discussing how the superhero boom he helped ignite has changed over the years.
“, I’d never heard of the word ‘franchise,” Burton told the crowd. “After that, it became something else.”movies, presumably meaning films like Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, or Matt Reeves’ recentBatmanand I start laughing and crying because I go back to a time capsule, where pretty much every day the studios were saying, “
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