Delightful film about a fascinating subject

Rating: 9/10 (14 February 2007)

I have always avoided horror films and material about them until meeting this biography on IMDb. Suddenly I see what the genre is about. Depp is fantastic in the role of Ed. His angora'd girl friend is so soft and fuzzy. Bill Murray is naturally great. The direction and cinematography are excellent. The attempt to be horrible is outrageously comical.
This is about a small collection of real people doing what Hollywood does and doing it badly but very really. Only the Bela Luigi part seemed hammy. Maybe a serious addict could be like this in tinsel town. An Oscar was awarded for it but that often doesn't correlate with art. You can feel the desperation to get into production and through the final scene before the resources are spent.
Appealing to the Southern California Baptists for production costs is a scream. The story has only one possible ending and there it lands.
The art of life is never better presented. Ed Wood is Hollywood's Hamlet.