In case anyone doubted Tim Burton’s trippiness, the latest Alice in Wonderland trailer oozes with opium-hazed hallucinations and acid-saturated colors that stay true to Lewis Carroll’s, ahem, inspirations. The trailer is released just weeks before MoMa’s Burton retrospective will show how the artist and storyteller became the goth darling he is today.
‘Tis the season, it seems, for those of us with dark, wallflower-ish tendencies to remember why Burton is the spokesperson for embracing our weird and wonderful selves. Though Alice in Wonderland won’t open until March, the Burton retrospective will hold us over until then. It opens Nov. 22, with a special benefit Nov. 17.
But first, here’s your helping of acidic eye candy. Don’t get too close to the screen, or the Cheshire Cat will start to look like one of Stephen King’s Langoliers.
