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"Tim Burton has insisted that his new animated movie Frankenweenie is not gruesome. Speaking to Reuters, Burton explained that Frankenweenie is child-friendly in spite of its story about a dog&amp;#039;s supernatural resurrection.   &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s no yelping and screaming. No bodies being crushed. I felt like it&amp;#039;s the safest and most positive way to explore those themes,&amp;quot; the director stressed.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s more of a fantasy, a wish fulfilment. Do I really want to bring my dead dog back? My dead grandmother? My dead parents? Not really.&amp;quot; Burton also discussed the stop-motion technology used in Frankenweenie, a process which can be very time-consuming. &amp;quot;[The clay dogs] break a lot. We had a puppet hospital because there&amp;#039;s a lot of wear and tear,&amp;quot; he joked.   The filmmaker added: &amp;quot;The mouth splits, things open up, there are tears in the legs and you need more stitching [constantly].&amp;quot; Burton was recently credited by Frankenweenie star Winona Ryder with launching her career. Frankenweenie is now playing in the US and opens on October 17 in the UK Watch a clip from the movie below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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