Nine short stories about the origin and aftermath of the gothic fable.
Twenty-five years later,Edward Scissorhandsis still one of the sharpest knives in the drawer.
It couldnt come at a better time.
I mean people didnt get scared until he started sculpting shrubs into dinosaur shapes and whatnot.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Another actor in the film whos now long gone, sadly, in Vincent Price.
Can you tell me about befriending him?
It was just like Christopher Lee.Vincent, that was my little short and he responded very quickly.
He got the fact it wasnt like just a fan thing.
He sort of the got the emotional side of it, which I felt really amazed by.
And so then he came in and narrated it.
That must have been a thrill, since you were that little boy.
Go, get off my lawn.
Edward Scissorhandsturned out to be his last big role onscreen.
He died a couple of years after.
He worked up until that point, but I think he was fading.
How was he on set?
Do you recall much about that?
Oh, he always had a spark.
He just had a gravity about him, and a generosity about him with people, and a humor.
You sort of have these flashbacks toHouse of Usher,Dr.
And its like there he is.!
Tim Burton:I was in my early 20s, probably.
I thought perhaps that was true because its so stylized.
Ha ha, well, that was something I read, and I was like… hmm.
No, no, no.
Anthony, dont believe everything you read.
Well, thats why I asked the source.
I thought of doing it like an Ice Capades show, but no.
There would be music in it, but it would be on ice.
Well, having a small crab named after you would be Im sure he feels quite honored.
Thats the goal, right?
[Laughs] Thats good, yeah.
Who needs an Oscar?
SCISSORHANDS II?
Tim Burton:No.
I think things like that are nightmares.
Trilogies, and sequels, and octogoni.
But for me, theyre usually just singular things.
