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Haunted World Of Edward D. Wood, Jr. "My mind's in a muddle. Like a thick fog. I can't make sense to myself sometimes." -Ed Wood This first feature-length documentary on Edward D. Wood, Jr. explores just who this man was. He made only five movies. Some say they weren't very good. But Ed Wood is more well known today than other, more famous filmmakers who were his contemporaries. His films are now very popular, and his work has been accorded a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. But who was Edward D. Wood, Jr.? Was he the World War II Marine and war hero who wore ladies' underwear at the Battle of Tarawa? Was he the dashing and handsome man who secretly was a transvestite, attracting the most beautiful starlets in Hollywood to be his lovers? Or was he the Orson Welles of low-budget filmmaking who discovered muscleman Steve Reeves and befriended Bela Lugosi, creating films for him when no one else would hire him? Perhaps no one else in the history of Hollywood has had their work so maligned and misunderstood. Finally, we hear those who worked with Wood to realize his vision, including Maila Nurmi ("Vampira"), Dolores Fuller, Paul Marco ("Kelton the Cop") and the Reverend Doctor Lynn Lemon. The Haunted World Of Edward D. Wood, Jr. dir. Brett Thompson 1995 USA 110 min. 35mm Total running time: 114 min. |
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