Tim Burton retrospective to be held at Museum of Modern Art

If any readers happen to be in New York City between November 22 and April 16, they can catch a Museum of Modern Art retrospective of Tim Burton.

I always thought that Burton was a bit overrated (Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, in particular, both weren't very good). But he still has an interesting style that is all his own, so the retrospective should be interesting.

In addition to his movies, the New York Times reports, the retrospective will look at some of his lesser-known stuff:

The exhibition will contain more than 700 drawings, paintings, puppets, costumes and other artifacts from Mr. Burton’s film career, as well as displays of his early nonprofessional and student films, artwork from his Web animation series “The World of Stainboy,” book projects like “Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys” and severed-head props from “Mars Attacks!” A film series is planned to accompany the exhibition.

I know that my friend Matt would love to see the severed-head props from Mars Attacks!