I was lucky enough to attend the press junket for Tim Burton‘s new film, BIG EYES (review coming soon!). Afterwards, I had the opportunity to sit down with the incredibly talented and successful writing partners Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander.
BIG EYES is the true story behind the famous paintings of sad little children with giant eyes from the 60’s. Not just the paintings, but the true identity of the artist. It’s a story that is so unbelievable that you cannot help but be intrigued by it. Below is my entire interview with these fine gentlemen.
BIG EYES stars Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter, and Jason Schwartzman. Directed by Tim Burton. BIG EYES comes to theaters on December 25th.
From the whimsical mind of director Tim Burton, BIG EYES tells the outrageous true story of one of the most epic art frauds in history. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, painter Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) had reached success beyond belief, revolutionizing the commercialization of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. The bizarre and shocking truth would eventually be discovered though: Walter’s works were actually not created by him at all, but by his wife Margaret (Amy Adams). The Keanes, it seemed, had been living a colossal lie that had fooled the entire world. A tale too incredible to be fiction, BIG EYES centers on Margaret’s awakening as an artist, the phenomenal success of her paintings, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, who was catapulted to international fame while taking credit for her work.
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