Big Eyes Domestic Trailer
- 10 years ago
From the whimsical mind of director Tim Burton, BIG EYES tells the outrageous true story of one
of the most epic art frauds in history. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, painter Walter Keane
had reached success beyond belief, revolutionizing the commercialization of popular art with his
enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. The bizarre and shocking truth would eventually be
discovered though: Walter’s works were actually not created by him at all, but by his wife
Margaret. The Keanes, it seemed, had been living a colossal lie that had fooled the entire world.
A tale too incredible to be fiction, BIG EYES centers on Margaret’s awakening as an artist, the
phenomenal success of her paintings, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, who
was catapulted to international fame while taking credit for her work.
of the most epic art frauds in history. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, painter Walter Keane
had reached success beyond belief, revolutionizing the commercialization of popular art with his
enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. The bizarre and shocking truth would eventually be
discovered though: Walter’s works were actually not created by him at all, but by his wife
Margaret. The Keanes, it seemed, had been living a colossal lie that had fooled the entire world.
A tale too incredible to be fiction, BIG EYES centers on Margaret’s awakening as an artist, the
phenomenal success of her paintings, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, who
was catapulted to international fame while taking credit for her work.