Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is an example of art by Tim Burton. It is a true story based in London, yet it portrays a dramatic display of violence and horror that grasps the audience’s attention to be known as a great film. This defies Plato’s theory that art copies particular things, because the film is a musical. Real life is not carried out through song and dance, and within the time limit of one-hundred-and sixteen minutes. Real life is also not spent without trips to the toilet, getting dressed in the morning, brushing your teeth or even having something to eat. Therefore this form of art cannot be a copy of something else, but a concept portrayed on camera for millions to bear witness to. In addition, philosophers have argued that a concept is unique to an individual. Many people have a concept of Sweeney Todd, and if asked to portray his life, then each person would portray it differently. Why? Philosophers say that to interpret experience a concept is required beforehand. Without the interpretation, the experience is futile and this is why Plato’s theory cannot be justified fully. If this is true, then an artist, a director or a composer cannot copy anything to make a piece of art simply due to the one quality that is admired in every piece of great art: a unique individuality.
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