MFA Film: 'Edward Scissorhands'

Join us for a screening of "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, part of MFA Film's series "Color Tells a Story."

Perhaps the purest example of Tim Burton’s style, "Edward Scissorhands" is the tale of a lonely outsider (Johnny Depp) who brings welcome weirdness to a humdrum suburban community when he is taken in by a local mom (Dianne Wiest). But soon Edward falls for the beautiful daughter of his adopted family (Winona Rider), complicating his idyllic new life. Burton uses blue tones to guide the film’s changes in mood, beginning with the inky hues of the mansion where Edward lives in solitude; this palette soon gives way to the warm turquoise of mid-century plastics and the azure of cloudless skies, before tumbling into ice and moonlight as the story reaches its gothic end.

Screening throughout December, MFA Film's series "Color Tells a Story" features nine films that make intentional use of color to tell their stories: bit.ly/2DZi8qh

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