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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Edward Scissorhands
All along I felt in my gut there was something wrong with him.
—Joyce
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A cobwebbed pagan on a post adorns the protagonist's credit. It is probable that this particular pagan once navigated the woods à la Evil Dead and attended the kind of parties Stanley Kubrick featured in his films. There's a sophisticated fairy tale for you.

Robert Dawson's opening title sequence for the great Edward Scissorhands has all the meticulous detail and matching heart of his best work: anthropomorphic steampunk featuring fantastic tinkerings and riveted, wrought-iron cadavers (including production-line shells exhaling through knived teeth) in a wonderful blue-lit thalassic hue.

The articulating scissors and human hands offer a nice visual poetry while a beatific portrait of Vincent Price – this his last feature film – curlicues in opposition from the clockwise torquing type.

Everything moving to Danny Elfman's otherworldly, natural score.

  • Credits

Main Title Sequence Designed by: Robert Dawson

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Title sequence

  • Title Designer

    Robert Dawson
  • Category

    Film
  • Styles

    1990s, graphic, live action, main title, montage, typographic
Edward Scissorhands
  • Film Director

    Tim Burton
  • Release Date

    December 14, 1990
  • Aspect Ratio

    1.85:1
  • Studio

    Twentieth Century Fox
  • Country

    USA
  • Language

    English
  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
  • IMDb has full details

Article

  • Writer

    Alexander Ulloa
  • Published

    December 26, 2008

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