Edward Scissorhands

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Paul & Amy slice into Tim Burton’s 1990 gothic fairytale Edward Scissorhands! They try to determine what year the film takes place in, discover why a story about being an outsider resonated so widely, and ask if Burton’s artistic preoccupations have become shtick. Plus: A brief sidebar on Edward Penishands. Next week, Paul and Amy are inviting friends to share their favorite films of 2023! You can join the conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Check out this week's spotlight episode from the archives, Love Actually: https://www.earwolf.com/episode/love-actually/ Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 1990.
0:04.0	Pardon me.
0:05.0	I can.
0:06.0	The movie, Edwards is her hands. Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to
0:39.5	and spooled. everyone and welcome to I am Paul Sheer joined as always by Amy Nicholson we talk about movies on this podcast and we are specifically talking about an underrated Christmas Classic.
0:46.0	That's right.
0:47.0	Is this a Christmas movie that we're talking about today?
0:49.0	I think so.
0:50.0	It better be because it is December.
0:52.0	We need to be talking about Christmas films and this is
0:55.8	definitely one that has a lot of themes that I would classify as a Christmas film
1:01.4	it's Edward Sisser Hands.
1:03.0	I adore this movie. I'm very excited to talk about this with you.
1:07.0	I mean to me this is the holidays. You've got sugar cookies, you've got beautiful trees, you've got fake snow being
1:14.8	stapled to roofs because there is no snow but then there will be snow.
1:18.9	And you've got scissors for hands, just like Freddie Krueger, Edward Scissor hands comes onto the scene
1:26.2	and makes a giant impact on culture. I mean this movie is big and it's oddly timeless. I think a lot of Tim Burton's stuff
1:37.3	you know in the moment was received in one way and this movie was a giant hit but it has all kind of stood the test of time.
1:46.7	This is really the first time that I've kind of watched this movie through the lens of not just
1:49.7	what it was like to be Tim Burton the young boy growing up in Burbank feeling like a
1:53.3	misfit but what was it like to be Tim Burton the hit director who makes art for
1:58.4	people and you're like oh do these people really appreciate my art is my art being valued in the right lens?
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