that made burton a household name. >> this exhibition is an immersive experience into the mind of tim burtone knows better than jenny hee, burton's chief exhibition curator. >> what he puts on screen or on a page or in a sculpture is identifiable for all of his fans. so there is really no disconnect between tim and his viewer or tim and his visitor because of that intense emotional connection that he imbues into his work. >> reporter: his art has 700-piece collection that was a viewed at new york's museum of modern art, where it drew the third largest crowd in moma's 8 moma that is new york same tim draws 43 million tourists a year. >> hello. >> reporter: neon museum ceo rob mccoy hopes burton's appeal will draw more people here. what is your favorite tim burton piece? >> it would have to be the signature sign "lost vegas." and here is the reason why. we lost the dunes sign. and as an homage to the dunes, he created that wonderful outline of the old dunes sign, and then the icing on the cake, he put stardust stars from the stardust sign up through the middle of it. so in one fell swoop, he c

. >> comedy in the '80s, my favorite niche subject is tim burton. >> i was never scared by any horrores. >> i love tim burton because he's the best thing you can be as a director. he's completely unique. you start noticing the black and white stripes on things and just the vibe, and you feel like really got something here with this guy. >> we did "beetlejuice" and his basic idea was the living people would be scary and the dead people would be the ba nall. >> i was lucky early on in my career to work with people that had come from comedy that were good at improving. michael, that's the background. a whole different energy when people are there and there may be some written things but then it just goes off and you start riffing and getting into it. he was great at that. he's like a pressure cooker. >> you like it? >> "beetlejuice" is underrated. as well regarded as it is, it's still underrated because it shouldn't work. i don't know if it's a horror movie set in a comedy or a comedy that's a horror movie. i can't figure out the algorithm behind it, but it works. ♪ six foot, seven foot,

i can't believe my eyes ♪ >> tim burton has managed to take the most macabre things and make them soedward scissor hand" is kind of frankenstein. vincent price creates a boy but dies. >> that's a character that tim brought to life. i've seen tim draw a character with two strokes of a brush and you knew who they were. >> a five-run inning. >> i'll be darned. >> with tim and his characters, there's always a real connection with him and johnny depp. >> there's a kind of way of speaking without speaking, and communicating, which is why he was edward si zcissor hands. i feel some connection to him or which nokno wi dchs >> are we going to be working together? really? worst film you ever saw. my next will be better. hello? >> edward was such a sweet movie. yet it's just completely cool and crazy. >> he's a monster. imagine what that guy would look like in a movie. >> johnny depp plays a real life character, edward, who is known z the worst film director of all-time. >> his character is so perfect. you love him for his enthusiasm. >> all right. prepare for scene 32. >> places. >> we all fee