Tim Burton Wants To Work With The Cure

Tim Burton, who has his next 3D movie Alice in Wonderland in the works, wants to collaborate with The Cure, and admits to being a long time fan of the band. The prodigious filmmaker presented the band with the Godlike Genius at the NME awards on Wednesday, and told BBC:

“I’ve been [a fan] for so many years and they’ve been so inspirational to me, so it’s a real honour to be here with them. I could easily see really liking to do something, collaborate some time.”

The Cure frontman Robert Smith wasn’t expecting the award, and said that he “was a bit worried, maybe a bit concerned,” about how the band was going to fit in, because they’re so different from the other bands at the ceremony.

“We’ve lived in our own world for so long. But it was very heartwarming to hear the words of appreciation that we’ve had all night from other bands.”

Tim Burton is famous for a somber and gloomy approach to his films, such as his remake of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. He states that The Cure has been an influence for his movies:

“Their music has always been inspirational to me […], in anything I’ve done. Always in the back of my mind, it’s probably rolling around there somewhere in my soul.”

Will we see a future collaboration between the artists? What will be the result of such a pairing?

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Source: BBC