Still, Burton’s fingerprints are all over the movie.
His whimsical goth aesthetic is distinct and immediately recognizable, andThe Nightmare Before Christmasis no exception to this.
The result is one of the most visually distinct, unique movies from top to bottom.
Jack and Sally are each one-half of a whole before they come together both literally and figuratively.
Jack is a skeleton, all bones but no flesh or blood.
As a rag doll, however, Sally is all “flesh” but no bones.
Combining Sally’s rag doll cloth and stuffing with Jack’s bones, quite literally, makes a body.
The mother was never named, but it’s fair to assume it’s Sally.
Henry Selick directs The Nightmare Before Christmas, a stop-motion fairytale from the mind of Tim Burton. Jack Skellington is the king of Halloween and one of Halloweentown’s most beloved citizens, but he longs for something more. When he stumbles across a magical door that leads him to discover Christmas, he makes it his mission to replace Santa Claus and bring festive cheer to his perpetually spooky hamlet.
