WATCH Walter Keane Interview - Merv Griffin Show
1966This Big Eyes movie featurette
features a 1966 Walter Keane interview
from The Merv Griffin Show. When
asked why the children are so sad-eyed and
lost looking, Walter Keane replies, "Well,
I started painting children like this in
Berlin after the war." Walter then
proceeds to hit on another female guest on
the show. This interview is the only known
video footage of Walter Keane. |
WATCH Big Eyes TrailerTim Burton directs Amy Adams and Christoph
Waltz as Margaret and Walter Keane, an
American painter and her husband, who
tried to take credit for her work. In the
movie, their divorce battle reaches a
climax in a courtroom where a judge puts
up two easels, side by side, and asks each
of them to paint one of the famous
big-eyed paintings. |