The Beetlejuice director joins Wes Anderson in criticizing digital bastardizations of his filmmaking aesthetic.

Tim Burton has seen the AI recreations of his work proliferating the internet and it’s creeping him out.

In anew interview withThe Independent,Tim Burtoncalled the practice “disturbing.”

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Tim Burton at the Golden Globes in January 2023.Amy Sussman/Getty Images

“I can’t describe the feeling it gives you,” Burton said ofBuzzFeed’s blasphemies.

He continued, “What it does is it sucks something from you.

It’s like a robot taking your humanity, your soul.”

Besides, who needs digital imitations when both filmmakers remain so prolific?

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