Keyword: inventor
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Edward Scissorhands
Not every drama movie needs to reinvent the wheel, but Edward Scissorhands manages to feel fresh anyway, thanks largely to Tim Burton’s confident direction. The film’s own tagline — “Innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees.” — tells you almost everything about the tone it’s going for. The setup is straightforward enough…
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Back to the Future
When Robert Zemeckis sat down to make “Back to the Future”, the goal was clearly to deliver something that sticks with an audience long after the credits roll. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. “He was never in time for his classes… He wasn’t…