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KMID : 0385320010120010051
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Journal of Korean Psychoanalytic Society
2001 Volume.12 No. 1 p.51 ~ p.59
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Self-Image of Tim Burton Visualized in the Movie Edward Scissorhands
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Kim Hae-Nam
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Abstract
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Tim Burton is one of the most visually gifted filmmakers in the world who can externalize and then visualize his inner world. There is a thematic import--and certainly a consistency--to his work, which is deep empathy with the alienated, isolated and somewhat different characters. This alienated image may be the expression of Burton’s self-image, and this self-image was well described in the movie Edward Scissorhands. In the movie, the odd and dangerous-looking boy, Edward Scissorhands, can not overcome his Oedipal conflict and his development is arrested. In the movie, the frustration, isolation and fear of the outside world and of himself was well portrayed in the form of expressionism. Edward Scissorhands’ attempt at redevelopment can be understood in terms of M. Klein’s theory of paranoid-schizoid position and depressive position. But his attempt was frustrated again in the face of internal and external dangers. He arrests the developmental process again and hides himself from the outside world and sublimates his anger and passion through sculpture. His passion for art could be explained in the theory of H. Segal, who explained the origin of art as the reparative impulse form the depressive position. In this respect, this movie also shows us Tim Burton’s self-concept as an artist.
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KEYWORD
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Tim Burton, Self-image, Oedipal conflict, Scissorhand
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