Love it! Don't sweat-er the small stuff

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2002)

I don't know what it was about J.D. that annoyed me many years ago. Maybe it was the way he got hyped by promoters early in his career. But it was Gilbert Grape, Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands that gave me a lot of respect for this guys character range. He is an excellent actor. Ed Wood is one of those films I could see many times. I've never understood why it didn't do better, though I heard some scuttlebutt over the black and white issue. What a load a Cr*P! Color is completely over-rated in my opinion.

For me a profound spoiler moment in this film: was B.L. the aging/forgotten star actor trying to make a comeback. We're all going to face a moment sometime in our lives (where symbolically speaking) we find ourselves shooting up heroin in the car right before we go out to overexert ourselves and shoot the wrestling with the giant octopus scene. Is there going to be a hero Director out there trying to squeeze the last bit of star dust out of your faded career? That makes Ed Wood the hero for me. There is the real truth. It's not about the movie it's about the people making the movie.
I also love the truth of the low budget cinema. Who in that world doesn't want their ounce of blood from you? I truly believe that if you could screw yourself over to get something you needed for your film you'd do it. Oh right, that goes without saying. That's usually the first thing you do.

I think Eddies biggest mistake was taking that sweater out of the closet. Who knows what kind of award winning films he could have made if he'd just had a teddybear to give him confidence.