Tim Bolton had a closed childhood. He was called a movie urchin, and he dedicated himself to creating a weird and creepy movie world. Edward can even be regarded as the incarnation of Tim Burton: a strange appearance, a poetic soul, and a unique way of cognition. His films always like to use some special people to enhance the sense of illusion, such as conjoined singers, dwarfs, and giants.
"Edward Scissorhands" was inspired by director Bolton's paintings when he was in his teens. It expresses his loneliness and difficulty in communicating with the people around him. Bolton often felt lonely at the time, and it was difficult to get lasting friendship. He said that he often felt that people deliberately left him alone, and he was not sure why he thought about it. In the pre-production of "The Master of the Underworld," Bolton asked Caroline Thompson to write the script for the movie Edward Scissorhands. Bolton was deeply impressed by Thomson's novel "First Born", which tells the story of a miscarriage fetus, and believes that it has the same mental state as Edward, with similarities and similarities.
