Edward Scissorhands
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
35 mm print loaned by the Cineclub Film Society
With Edward Schissorhands, Tim Burton creates one of cinema's most unique and beautiful Christmas tales. The director's first collaboration with screenwriter Caroline Thompson (who later wrote The Nightmare Before Christmas), Edward Schissorhands brings together the English Gothic tradition of the 19th century and the American suburban utopia of the 1950s.
Tim Burton
Tim Burton is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A devotee of the fantastical and influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, he first gained public recognition with Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), and Batman Returns (1992). He then embarked on a more experimental phase, directing the biographical film Ed Wood (1994) and the satire Mars Attacks! (1996), and later achieved significant success with Big Fish (2003) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). Concurrently, he directed several adaptations in a more gothic style, such as the horror film Sleepy Hollow (1999), and contributed to the production of animated films featuring puppets moving within real sets. His cinema is characterized by a parade of monsters and creatures, as well as a blend of dark humor, irony, and macabre elements. Remaining faithful to his style, the filmmaker explores several genres that he intertwines at times: horror film, intimate drama, fairy tale, melodrama, biographical film, science fiction film, comedy, period film, musical, and action film. His stories feature marginal characters and extraordinary beings, confronting the mediocrity of the world. One can discern a strong influence of fantastical cinema, German expressionist cinema, and Hammer Productions films, both parodied and celebrated.
