Cinema: Burton’s back with a macabre musical

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{ "#" : "Short, sharp and sour as small apples: arch-goth Tim Burton brings his kohl-eyed and cobwebbed sensibilities to Stephen Sondheim’s dark-hearted musical, , about the London barber-turned-serial killer who wreaks a dreadful revenge on anyone who crosses him." , "b" : "Sweeney Todd"}

Burton’s favourite leading man, Johnny Depp (nominated for an Oscar for the role), plays Benjamin Barker, returned from imprisonment overseas with a strange light in his eyes.

Years ...