The Viewer's Commentary

Directed by: Henry Selick

Produced by: Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi

Written by: Caroline Thompson, Michael McDowell (screenplay); Tim Burton (story)

Cinematography by: Pete Kozachik

Editing by: Stan Webb

Music by: Danny Elfman

Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Ken Page

Year: 1993

Aren’t you glad that emo culture is on its way out? (Or is that fad already dead? I can’t really tell. Not in school any longer. I hope it is.) I remember this one emo kid in my high school, a couple grades below me, who went by the name of “Jack.” I put that in quotations because, as it turns out, his name wasn’t actually “Jack.” I honestly don’t remember what his name was, but I do remember how stupid I felt once I learned that his name actually wasn’t “Jack,” as I had come to believe, and that he had chosen this false name based on the lead character from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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