Sweeney Todd February 21, 2008

Yesterday I finally got to see Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd after months of impatiently waiting for this film to arrive in Belgian theatres. The creative alliance between Burton’s directing skills and Johnny Depp’s astonishing acting still feels magical. Both men are geniuses in their branch. But chapeau for the other cast and crew members as well! The makeup artists, for instance, should also receive credits for their remarkable styling. Although the film is a musical, which I’m not particularly fond of , you get used to the singing and it actually adds a fitting dramatic tone to the plot. Burton’s use of colours has the same effect on the story and makes the film visually attractive.

The story of the film is based on the Broadway musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” which narrates the sad history of Benjamin Barker, his wife Lucy and their infant Johanna. After being expelled from London by Judge Turpin – who has his eye set on the beautiful Lucy – Benjamin returns after 15 years hoping to rejoin his family at last. The meat pie-baking eccentric Miss Lovett informs Benjamin – who actually returns as the revenge seeking Sweeney Todd -about the unfortunate fate of his wife and child… Sweeney Todd will never forget and never forgive and his gruesome quest for vengeance begins with Miss Lovett as his accomplice.

This intrigueing film has an interesting website as well on which you can cut your own trailer. Let the creativity flow