Omg yeah! I totally agree with you about the boat/tunnel scene. I mean Tim Burton's vision of the movie was already twisted as it is, I was so looking forward to seeing what he was going to do with it! I guess what you say makes sense though, because what stood out in the original was that boat scene. I guess he used that as inspiration for his vision of the movie, so it makes sense for him to tone down the boat scene. Maybe it would've been too much. Still, it would've been cool to see SOMETHING instead of just the boat sloshing around.
Now...the squirrels...well...I've never seen Evil Dead so that actually never crossed my mind. Actually, I'm very glad that never crossed my mind. :S
As for Hunter S. Thompson....um...I really hate to admit it but I've never seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I'll have to rent it sometime! I've always wanted to see it. But apparantly he said his inspiration for Wonka came from, strangly enough, game show talk hosts and children show hosts. Check out this quote:When Tim and I talked about doing it there was no script at that time. It was, in a lot of ways, a great gift because I was able to use Roald Dahl's work for my notes. What I started to see when I was thinking about it in my early research was children's show hosts from when I was 5 or 6 years old and watching "Captain Kangaroo" and "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" and local guys like "Uncle Al" (laughs) and "Mr. Greenjeans." And I remember thinking, even then, how odd it was the way that they spoke. That bizarre musical cadence to their speech pattern. That sort of, "Good morning children! And now today we're going to do..." So I took that and made that one of the main ingredients for Wonka and stretched it out a bit. And game show hosts. I remembered them from growing up with that perpetual grin on their face. I felt, they're certainly not like that when they're home - at least I hope they're not (laughs). They go on-stage, their thing and then take it off. It's almost like a clown. Those two things became the basis for this version of Wonka. Now that's just cool. :)
Well, in Evil Dead, it was the woods themselves doing it to the girl... but the pin down, and the one limb at a time, and even the girl's face swinging to look at her limbs as they were being held was bang on... then when the legs spread... eep.
As for the inspiration for the character, I can definitely see that.
Now...the squirrels...well...I've never seen Evil Dead so that actually never crossed my mind. Actually, I'm very glad that never crossed my mind. :S
As for Hunter S. Thompson....um...I really hate to admit it but I've never seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I'll have to rent it sometime! I've always wanted to see it. But apparantly he said his inspiration for Wonka came from, strangly enough, game show talk hosts and children show hosts. Check out this quote:When Tim and I talked about doing it there was no script at that time. It was, in a lot of ways, a great gift because I was able to use Roald Dahl's work for my notes. What I started to see when I was thinking about it in my early research was children's show hosts from when I was 5 or 6 years old and watching "Captain Kangaroo" and "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" and local guys like "Uncle Al" (laughs) and "Mr. Greenjeans." And I remember thinking, even then, how odd it was the way that they spoke. That bizarre musical cadence to their speech pattern. That sort of, "Good morning children! And now today we're going to do..." So I took that and made that one of the main ingredients for Wonka and stretched it out a bit. And game show hosts. I remembered them from growing up with that perpetual grin on their face. I felt, they're certainly not like that when they're home - at least I hope they're not (laughs). They go on-stage, their thing and then take it off. It's almost like a clown. Those two things became the basis for this version of Wonka.
Now that's just cool. :)
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As for the inspiration for the character, I can definitely see that.
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