'Sweeney Todd' Costumes; 40-Minute Tim Burton Video Interview

David Poland of MCN conducted an interview with director Tim Burton, the video of which is now online and can be viewed here after the jump. In this 40-minute segment, Burton talks about his latest feature film, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

In other Sweeney Todd news, USA Today has a feature on Colleen Atwood and her costume designs for film.

Atwood, who also worked on Beloved, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Burton's Sleepy Hollow, said that her inspiration for Sweeney Todd was the music (scored by Stephen Sondheim). "It's the starting point of all of it. It's a moody piece, so I wanted a lot of texture in the costumes. I wanted you to be able to feel them on screen," she said...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

Book Review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Companion to the film by Tim Burton
By Mark Salisbury
Hardcover
Titan Books
Available Dec. 11, 2007

I put this book -- simply titled Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street -- on my Amazon wishlist sight-unseen a few months ago, thinking it to be some kind of novelization of the Tim Burton big-screen adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical. Imagine my delight when a beautiful 11x9 full-color hardcover companion to the film arrived a week ago (courtesy of my thoughtful mother-in-law)!...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

'Sweeney Todd' Opening Credits

Broadway World has a clip of the opening credits of DreamWorks Pictures' Sweeney Todd, the Tim Burton-directed film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical thriller.

You might not thinking an opening credit sequence is anything special, but don't forget, this is a Tim Burton movie...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!