Big Eyes began its 4-day shoot in Gastown dressed as the San Francisco Arts District this past week with scenes of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz)… Read More »SHOOT: BIG EYES Turns Gastown Building into San Francisco’s Keane Gallery with Christoph Waltz
Big Eyes set up a block of Powell Street in Gastown as the San Francisco Arts District last Tuesday for scenes of Walter Keane (Christoph… Read More »SHOOT: BIG EYES Turns Gastown Store into San Francisco Art Gallery with Jason Schwartzman
How did Tim Burton keep a straight face directing this Big Eyes scene? Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), owner of the now more-successful Keane Gallery, taunts… Read More »SHOOT: Tim Burton Directs Christoph Waltz & Jason Schwartzman as Rival Gallery Owners for BIG EYES in Gastown
Tim Burton stood on the south sidewalk of Powell Street about three to six feet away from me tonight to talk crew through the tracking… Read More »SHOOT: Tim Burton Directs BIG EYES in Gastown Tonight
Have you ever seen those 1960s and 70s paintings of children with over-sized eyes? Tim Burton’s biopic Big Eyes tells the story of the San… Read More »SHOOT: Amy Adams Films BIG EYES in Stanley Park
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Tim Burton is a hands-on director and in constant motion on set. He talks to key background performers and crew over and over again, returning to discuss new details of the scene at last night’s shoot for his latest feature film, Big Eyes. Crew had dressed The Penthouse Night Club as the 1950s San Francisco night club The Hungry I for a week of filming. Last night’s establishing shot of background performers arriving and entering the club was the only exterior scene. A large crowd gathered opposite on Seymour Street to watch the celebrity director in action and quip: Where’s Johnny Depp?
Big Eyes is a smaller, more intimate film for Tim Burton than his many collaborations with actor Johnny Depp: from Edward Scissorhands to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Sleepy Hollow to Sweeney Todd to Alice in Wonderland to Dark Shadows. The Weinstein company film is a biopic about the art world’s Margaret and Walter Keane (Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz). famous for 1950s and 1960s paintings of big-eyed children. And takes a look at why Walter Keane took credit for all of his introverted wife’s work.
Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained, Inglourious Basterds) walked through set a couple of times last night on his way to and from the Penthouse but was not part of the exterior scene. Read More »SHOOT: Director Tim Burton Films BIG EYES at The Penthouse Night Club
