Edward Scissorhands While Edward’s colours are black and white the others are dressed in soft pastels. This use of pastel and black distances Edward from the others and shows that he is an outsider. This contrast between him and the residents of the suburb is used throughout the movie.

For instance in Edward scissor hands Tim burton uses non diegetic sound to set the mood in several occasions, for example when peg is going up the stairs in the beginning of the movie, and as she slowly goes up Tim burton uses non diegetic music to set the eerie and suspenseful tone making the viewer feel like …

Moving on from its genre, Edward Scissorhands has themes of: conformity, understanding and accepting difference, the loss of innocence, and science replacing God. The main theme is obviously conformity.

Edward Scissorhands (rated PG-13) Another Tim Burton classic, Edward Scissorhands is often interpreted by people in the autism community as an allegory for being on the autism spectrum. And it makes sense, since Tim Burton has said that he believes himself to be autistic.

Edward says less than 150 words in total Throughout the movie, the leading role doesn’t have many lines at all. In fact, as Edward, Johnny Depp says less than 150 words in total.

The film is not Burton’s first movie (that would be Vincent, a stop-motion animated short produced while Burton was working at Walt Disney Animation Studios). By the time Tim Burton directed EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, he had already proven himself to be a successful director both critically and commercially.

In Edward Scissorhands (1990), Edward has visible scars on his face, presumably because he accidentally nicked himself with the scissors that his hands are made of.

Edward has wild hair, pale skin, and scars that mark his face. Most importantly, Edward is different because of his hands that are made out of scissors. At first Kim is a stereotypical cheerleader with a jock boyfriend, Jim,and doesn’t accept Edward.

Edward Scissorhands is far from typical; it’s not your average love story, it is indeed somewhat wacky, and it’s not typical Tim Burton – at least not in the contemporary sense. (It’s also probably the only Johnny Depp film I actively enjoy.)

With Burton’s surreal illustrative ingenuity, Depp and Ryder’s marvelous, career-making performances, and a story filled with both simplicity and complexity and an intangible element of wizardry that stands the test of time, Edward Scissorhands is one of the greatest films ever made.

49 years (29 October 1971)

Jim

I said, “Stay away from her!” James, simply known as Jim, is the main antagonist of Tim Burton’s 1990 live-action film Edward Scissorhands. He was Edward’s arch-nemesis and Kim’s ex-boyfriend. He was portrayed by Anthony Michael Hall.

The situation gets worse when Kevin is almost run over by Jim’s drunken friend. At the last moment, Edward pushes Kevin out of the way; in a state of excited panic, he cuts Kevin’s face, causing witnesses to think he was attacking Kevin on purpose.