redemptive friendship

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2005)

There were two elements of this movie that I think made it uniquely enjoyable. One was the portrayal of the friendship between Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi; the other was Wood's unstoppable persistence, which made for some of the funnier scenes (such as the cast's creative after-hours requisitioning of needed props).
His starstruck pursuit of Lugosi to play a part in Plan 9 From Outer Space turns into a friendship of the most devoted kind. Even after Lugosi had been reduced to a life of poverty, loneliness, and illness, a flawed and failing man, Wood revered him, feeling lucky to be in his presence while helping him in very basic ways.
The angora sweater thing was not as important in the story as the promotional blurb makes it out to be.