In this film, the director is quite original in his choice of environment, and consistent with his overall style is the unique and peculiar environment setting. The environment of the film is mainly composed of two locations: colorful communities and terrifying castles. The environment setting of a colorful community is the gaudy satire in Tim Burton's lens, and the castle where Edward lives in the film has a strong allegory. Under the guidance of the director, the audience's understanding of the castle and the small town is finally sublimated. The seemingly horrible castle symbolizes kindness, sincerity, beauty and purity; the seemingly warm and peaceful town symbolizes evil, turbulence, Hypocrisy and conspiracy. Through Edward’s experience, the castle and the town have a deeper symbolic connotation, that is, the originally closed and small castle world symbolizes freedom and unfetteredness, while the originally open and spacious town life symbolizes restraint and restriction.
Edward Scissorhands The symbolic environment and the reflection of secular humanity
2021-10-13 18:32
Extended Reading
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Joana 2022-03-25 09:01:02
The hearts of people with sound bodies are defective, while the hearts of Edward Scissorhands are the clearest and brightest, but in this vulgar world, innocence is destined to mean a tragic ending.
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Shanon 2021-10-20 18:59:43
If I don't have a knife, I can't protect you. If I have a knife, I can't hug you. There is no snow in this city. I will give you a snowfall. Every snowflake that falls to the ground is saying, I love you. I am an old woman now. I just want him to remember what I was like.
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Host-TV: Quite a story, yes? Any questions for Edward? Yeah, get way over. Stand right up.
Audience Member #1: What's been the best part of your new life here in town?
Edward: The friends I made.
Host-TV: Any other questions?
Audience Member #2: Have you ever thought of having corrective surgery or prosthetics? I know a doctor that might be able to help you.
Edward: I'd like to meet him.
Host-TV: We'll give that name after the show. Thank you very much. That's very nice. Anyone else? Yes, stand right up.
Audience Member #3: But if you had regular hands you'd be like everyone else.
Edward: Yes, I know.
Host-TV: I think he'd like that.
Audience Member #4: Then no one would think you're special. You wouldn't be on TV or anything.
Peg Boggs: No matter what, Edward will always be special.
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[Kevin has brought Edward to his class for show and tell]
Kevin: One chop to a guy's neck, and it's all over.
[Edward does a karate pose; the class gasps in unison]