{"id":3082,"date":"2022-10-06T09:53:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fanboysmarketplace.com\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2022-10-06T09:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:53:23","slug":"tim-burtons-batman-is-great-even-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fanboysmarketplace.com\/tim-burtons-batman-is-great-even-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Burton’s Batman is great even silent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Someone’s re-edited Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman movie as a silent film…and it’s still pretty awesome. In fact, it may be even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m always a sucker for new takes on well known properties with a good artsy spin on it. I’m sure no one remembers when the internet stacked Star Wars Episodes I through VI on top of each other making a literal mash up of all the Star Wars films as one beautiful chaotic assault to the senses. I saved that movie onto a flash drive I still have. I played it all the time. Undoubtedly this would fit well within my cabinet of pop culture curiosities. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I first heard about this via Polygon.com where they reported, “someone went and re-edited Burton\u2019s gothic superhero opus into a silent movie<\/a>, complete with color-tinted cels, artificial film grain, and stylized intertitles. And wouldn\u2019t you know it \u2014 it\u2019s still fantastic.” And they’re not wrong. It is<\/strong><\/em> fantastic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Crew, a Chicago-based documentary filmmaker<\/a> who went viral last year for his fan-made script \u201cMuppets Present The Great Gatsby<\/a>\u201d last year, is the man behind the re-edit. \u201cI\u2019ve always been a big fan of Batman<\/em> and of Burton, his movie Ed Wood<\/em> is my favorite film of all time,\u201d Crew told Polygon over email. \u201cI love films that inspire you to seek out other films and Tim Burton\u2019s Batman<\/em> was that for me. Before I even knew how to use editing software, I thought, \u2018Wouldn\u2019t it be cool to watch Batman<\/em> as a silent film?\u2019\u201d<\/p>Polygon.com<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

No disrespect to Michael Keaton or Jack Nicholson here, but in the silent film the real star is Danny Elfman’s score. \u201cI believe that Batman<\/em>and Batman Returns<\/em> are two of the greatest film scores of all time,\u201d Crew told Polygon. \u201cThis edit works so well because it allows you to experience Elfman\u2019s genius without any words or sounds over it. Too many scores today just serve as background noise. Every note of this score is precise and timed exactly to compliment the action and characters. The visuals and music serve each other in the most beautiful way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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My wife and I recently watched a very early film adaptation of Robin Hood, the 1922 version with Douglas Fairbanks. As a result I noticed how the treatment and presentation of Batman here is on par with that film. Meaning, Crew really did his homework when it came to adapting a 1989 film to a 1920’s one. The film grain, the colored cels, the transitions, all are spot on.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Much of the delight out of this is just seeing a well known film in a new light. It’s the same as making something new again. This ‘silent film’ treatment is a Batman movie I’d sit down and watch all over again. My wife often says things like, I wish I could read Harry Potter over again for the first time. It’s sort of lament-a wish to recapture that feeling of something new and magical and inspiring. With this new Batman re-edit, Ben Crew has done exactly that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On November 19th and 20th Fanboys Marketplace is hosting a Power Rangers in Space Reunion Event. VIP passes and photo tickets are available now for purchase ahead of time. Click the link here<\/a>, and we\u2019ll see you in November!<\/p>\n\n\n

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