Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton, the director of Edward Scissorhands, draws inspiration for his work from fairytales and children’s stories. He has always had an affinity for the darker elements of these stories, which is made evident in the film Edward Scissorhands. The film’s main character is a man named Edward who has scissors for hands. Later, it is shown that he was a metal figure brought to life by his inventor, an elderly man who dies before he is able to give Edward human hands. Edward lives in a mansion on a hill

through his use of contrasting settings and misfit protagonists in films such as, Miss Peregrine’s home for Peculiar Children and Edward Scissorhands. Tim Burton tends to depict the differences and special “abilities” of misfit protagonists as advantageous in creating a sense of individualism rather than a barrier in which one must overcome. For example, in Edward Scissorhands, a large pan from the monochrome neighborhood to Edward’s house is shown towards the beginning of the film. This, in addition

somewhat strange movie Edward Scissorhands, in reality, has a stunning connection to our everyday lives and how we deal with difference, despite the fact that none of us have differences to the extreme of having scissors for hands. The film Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton shows the effect of a man with scissors for hands on a community of colourful carbon copies. The theme demonstrated by this film, through both the motif of the people in the neighbourhood using Edward for their own gain as

acceptance”. In Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton, society individualises Edward because he is “deformed” and only some accept him. The film reveals how society takes advantage of Edwards unique abilities and then was distinguished when society’s view turned to danger, he was then discarded by the people. Society takes advantage of those who are distinctive or have unique capabilities but are instantaneous to neglect them too. People who are different are singled out and rejected. Edward Scissorhands

In Edward Scissorhands, a film by Tim Burton, one of the main ideas is the idea of trying to gain normality and acceptance. The film Edward scissorhands is about an unfinished boy who has been left with scissors for hands. After being found by motherly figure Peg Boggs, he is taken into society and discovers that trying to gain normality and acceptance is hard when you have something that makes you visually stand out from the normal. This strive for normality is also found within the neighbors, if

elements that give the audience an eerie and out of place feeling. For example, in the film Edward Scissorhands, Burton makes suburban life appear boring and pointless. In the film, the neighborhood appears plain and predictable,

Chrislyn Atkinson P.8 Design Critique Edward Scissorhands is a film about a how a scientist builds an animated human being named Edward, played by Johnny Depp. One of the 5 responsibilities that the I personally thought that the director, Bo Welch, did well in this movie was the Location Selection. I really liked the way the Bo Welch made the Boggs’s neighborhood look so happy and bright then on the flip side he made Edwards house dark and lonely. I really think that director, Bo Welch did a very

in the film Edward Scissorhands, allows, through the eyes of Edward himself, the audience’s unconscious to live his emotions vicariously, allowing the exploration of our own society and anxieties. To analyse the heart of this film it must be looked at Edward’s own childhood misfortunes and consequences, the system of the society that deems him an unholy monster, and typical American relationships of the 1950’s. Tragically, the inventor’s death occurs moments after presenting Edward with his new

talking about his film Edward Scissorhands. So welcome Tim to the show Big Ideas on Film. How are you feeling? Thank you Simran, I’m actually quite excited to be here. That’s great Tim so let’s start the questions. What is Edward Scissorhands about? Edward Scissorhands is about an incomplete creation named Edward. Edward was purpose to be a normal human being but he’s creator died before finishing him, all Edward needed was normal hands but was left with his Scissorhands. Edward lives all alone in the

In the Film Edward Scissorhands, there is a thoughtful moment in the film, when Edward a character from the film is being instructed by his originator to shape Edward’s acuity. This moment is Edward’s origination of his personality, his capacity, and his absorption of everything around him. This is the one part of the movie that explains who Edward is and how he became to what he is. Other than that moment of the film, the story is about Edward, who in this society is the outlier because of how he