Conversations with Vincent

Burton held a fascination with Vincent Price films since his childhood. He first worked with the actor on the 1982 television film Hansel and Gretel, and a second collaboration on the 1982 short film Vincent. During the production of Edward Scissorhands (1990), in which Price portrayed the inventor, Burton conceived the idea of making an independent documentary film on the actor, using the working title Conversations with Vincent With self-financing from his own production company, Burton shot the film in black-and-white over a three-day period at the Vincent Price Gallery in East Los Angeles College in April 1991. In addition to Price, Roger Corman and Samuel Z. Arkoff were interviewed.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * Tim Burton was too busy working on Batman Returns.
 * Vincent Price died on October 1993.

Result

 * In December 1994 it was announced that Burton was returning to the hour-long documentary, now titled A Visit with Vincent.