The Summer Of ’80s Movies: On ‘Edward Scissorhands’ And Using Real Things
Jul 31, 2009
by Linda Holmes It’s a little bit of a cheat that Edward Scissorhands , which was released in 1990, is part of an ’80s movie series at all. But in the same way that the cultural ’60s actually extended into the early ’70s, the emergence of Tim Burton with Pee Wee’s Big Adventure , Batman and Beetlejuice is a late-’80s phenomenon, and it’s not unfair to pull in Edward Scissorhands as a critical step in that process. Besides, 1990 was Johnny Depp ‘s breakout year — including
