An uncertain mixture of drama and comedy (such as the scene where Christoph Waltz interrogates himself in the witness box like Everett Sloane in 'The Lady from Shanghai').
The resemblance of 'Big Eyes' to the Tony Hancock vehicle 'The Rebel' seems to have been noticed by even fewer people than that of 'Basic Instinct' to 'Play Misty to Me' (with Danny Huston performing a function similar to George Sanders in the earlier film). Except that in 'Big Eyes' it's as if the struggling artist played by Paul Massie found fame and fortune by laying claim to the authorship of the daubs of Anthony Hancock.
Since you won't find either Keane in any of the usual art histories, the decision in 1986 of Margaret to take Walter to court was presumably motivated by the prices their paintings were commanding rather than hurt creative pride. (Significantly Andy Warhol was a fan, declaring in 1964 that "I think what Keane has done is just terrific. It has to be good. If it were bad, so many people wouldn't like it".)
The resemblance of 'Big Eyes' to the Tony Hancock vehicle 'The Rebel' seems to have been noticed by even fewer people than that of 'Basic Instinct' to 'Play Misty to Me' (with Danny Huston performing a function similar to George Sanders in the earlier film). Except that in 'Big Eyes' it's as if the struggling artist played by Paul Massie found fame and fortune by laying claim to the authorship of the daubs of Anthony Hancock.
Since you won't find either Keane in any of the usual art histories, the decision in 1986 of Margaret to take Walter to court was presumably motivated by the prices their paintings were commanding rather than hurt creative pride. (Significantly Andy Warhol was a fan, declaring in 1964 that "I think what Keane has done is just terrific. It has to be good. If it were bad, so many people wouldn't like it".)