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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

★ 7.7 · 13,720 ratings on TMDB

Innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees.

Edward Scissorhands poster★ 7.7

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

DirectorTim Burton
CastAnthony Michael Hall, Caroline Aaron, Conchata Ferrell, Dianne Wiest, Dick Anthony Williams, Johnny Depp
GenresDrama, Fantasy, Romance
The emergence reading

Edward Scissorhands keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, otherness, conformity, love.

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Also inFilms about othernessFilms about loveFilms about prejudice
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)E8/E9 · love, othernessSplash (1984)E8/E9 · love, othernessA Wrinkle in Time (2018)E8/E9 · conformity, loveThumbelina (1994)E8/E9 · love, othernessA Werewolf Boy (2012)E8/E9 · love, othernessFrozen (2013)E8/E9 · love, prejudice

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)E13/E14 · rare rung · conformity, othernessMen in Black (1997)E11/E13 · rare rung · otherness, prejudice

Same people

Shared director or cast.

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