My name is not Oswald! It's Penguin! I am not a human being. I am an animal! Cold-blooded.
No 401 - Batman Returns Director - Tim Burton Ah Television... Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover . Also, ruiner of all my attempts at plan and order. Last night whilst scanning the chans I was delighted hear twinkly twinkly music box tones of Danny Elfman , and the see the Penguin's wicker pram prison floating into the sewers . So yes! I know it is a sequel but I'll sort that out in my own time thank you very much... right now I was going to talk about why I love Batman Returns so very much. Gotham city suits Tim Burton's mentality and visual aesthetic. The crumbling, decaying, vandalised shadow of former art deco resplendence . It is the same pseudo- Gothic streak which has appeared in almost every film Tim Burton has ever made. The difference is that in the original Batman, Burton worked with the Joker - a dancing prancing explosion of vivid purples and greens. Joker thrusts himself in the lime light, he is not the shadow dwelling outsider which Burtons uses so frequently...