[kj] More on the Johnny Depp/Dave Vanian "coincidence"

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Well, Depp's history of constantly borrowing others' personae for his 
roles makes me think it was Depp. No smoking gun proof, though, of course.

Did the director of Pirates of the Carribbean tell Depp to impersonate 
Kieth Richards?

Burton is a self-caricature now. His best films are Ed Wood (in which 
Depp lifted Jon Lovitz's persona, though he denies it) and Peewee's Big 
Adventure. Both those are heavily character-driven. The Sleepy 
Hollow/Nightmare Before Christmas-like stuff is all visuals, no strong 
character-driven stuff. Burton went from someone who was one of the most 
promising directors of the 80s and early 90s, and became a sort of house 
filmmaker for Hot Topic.

In any event, Vanian could threaten a suit and settle out of court with 
DreamWorks for maybe a good sum. I'm a fan of Vanian's and would like 
him to be rewarded more for the stuff he's done than he is now.

-Oliver



Christof hamille wrote:

> I guess what needs to be known is who came up with the look?  Was it 

> Depp or Burton?  I would guess the later.  I'm sure Depp knows Vanian 

> is  BUT  Vanian only looked like that for a brief amount of time.  I 

> am not excited at all to see this movie.  Corpse Bride was okay and I 

> feel it was only made to get himself back into the kiddie/spookie 

> market.  Mars Attacks was the last movie I enjoyed.  Everything else 

> is forgettable (Big Fish, Sleepy Hollow) or down right awful (Planet 

> of the Apes, Charlie).

>

> oh well

>

> Chris