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A declaration of love to the "worst moviemaker ever"!
You may have never heard about the cineast Edward Wood, Jr, but if you love cinema, this film is made for you. More than a cinebiography of the late diretor, the movie is a declaration of love for filmaking itself.

Shoot in magnificent black & white, the plot follows Ed during his 'rise' in Hollywood. Tim Burton is a great moviemaker and in this picture he is as good as he has never been. He does not hides his adimiration for Ed, and what he brings to screen is a passionate story made by someone who loves it.

The cast is nothing but great. Of course, most of the show belongs to Johnny Depp, who deliveries a brilliant perfornance as 'the worst filmmaker ever'. Sarah Jessica Parker and Patricia Arquette are much more than fine as Ed's the love interests. Vincent D'Onofrio is as great as usual surprising everyone playing Orson Welles (In a key scene Burton puts together both the worst and the best director chatting in a bar ). And, Martin Landau is so good as Bela Lugosi that one might think he is 'possessed' by Lugosi himself.

All in all, it is a great film. It's amazing to see Wood's adventures in order to finish - or even start- his pictures. If you like this movie, I also recomend you "Gods and Monters", "RKO 281" and "Shadow of the Vampire". They won't let you down!!!

One of the funniest films ever made
Ed Wood, Jr. was a man obsessed with making movies and wearing Angora sweaters. It's hard to believe that a black and white film made about a 1950's unsuccessful, cross-dressing filmmaker could be so enjoyable.

Ed Wood (played masterfully by Johnny Depp) was passionate about filmmaking, but sadly lacked any talent in that area. Through sheer sweat, determination and lots of equally nutty friends, he got his films distributed in spite of their cheesy quality.

Wood's swan song was to hire Bela Lagosi to star in one of his films... the last performance of Lagosi's career. Martin Landau won a much deserved best supporting actor Oscar for his flawless portrayal of Lagosi in this film.

If your jaw is not hanging open during the film, it's because your doubled over, laughing your lungs out. The timing is right on cue and the acting superb. Knowing that the story is true makes it that much more funny.

If you need a good laugh, this movie is just the key... and it's definitely watchable more than once.

burtons valentine to a true outsider artist and auteur
ed wood was THE patron saint of outsider artists (john waters used to be another one).
wood was also an auteur.
the fact that his movies are 'superificially' awful is inconsequential.
i think a key to understanding that lies in the scene when the baptist producers start yelling at him for making a movie which had numerous loopholes in logic.
wood defends his 'ineptitude' with 'its not about the details, its about the big picture'.
in many ways he was very right.
wood created a delightfully wacky, perverse ambience in everything he did.
and some of his films dont measure up to others.
night of the ghouls, for instance, doesnt have the wacky, fast paced wierdness of plan nine.
but woods personality was enforced uponALL of his movies.
and, are his movies really bad?
well, in the sense of a narrative, logical piece of entertainment; yes.
but, his movies are amazingly entertaining for their eccentricities.
and a movie that is sooooo bad that its hilariousley entertaining is actually a far better movie than something like, say; 'willow' which is just simply bad.
as a matter of fact i'll take the personal stamp of wood over the compliant, lack of any style ron howard type any day.
and as for auteurs;
tim burton (who seems to be one of the most wildly uneven directors out there) is in step at least with wood in making everything he does recognizably his.
and it is charmingly appropriate that this is the first burton film which lost money. but eddie and bela had the last laugh with the help of martin landaus brilliant portrayal. when martin won the oscar every struggle that wood and lugosi suffered through wonderfully paid off and who would have ever thought it imaginable?

bless burton for this film, which desperately needs a dvd release.

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