Tim Bell
FILM REVIEW

Ed Wood *** (Touchstone)
Rated Mature (at Famous
Piayers and the Varsity cinemas)

Back in the Fifties, there
were only two men in
Hollywood wie wrote,
directed, produced and
starred in their films, One
was Orson Welles. The other
was not.

Although the end results were
not Citizen Kane, Edward D. Wood
Jr. (Johnny Depp) shared most of
his idol’s problems in getting his
* vision up on the big screen. Both
faced a lack of funds, no time, and
interfering backers. But his blind
enthusiasm and love for movies
overcame all obstacles. All except
one — an acute absence of talent.

Ed Wood made films that were
50 inept, they glowed.

If actors lumbered into walls or
kicked over the cardboard grave-
stones, it didn’t matter. First takes
were always, “Perfect. Print it.”
The scripts were constructed
around whatever stock footage he
could find, even if it was a buffalo
stampede and the movie was about

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JOHNNY DEPP, pictured above with Patricia Arquette, stars as
the late, great Hollywood B-movie producer-director Ed Wood.

a cross-dresser (Glen or Glenda).

Which brings up his second pas-

sion — wearing women’s clothes.

made.
The supporting cast is equally
terrific _ Bill Murray as Wood’s fey

It’s only after reading the script that
his girlfriend, Dolores Fuller (Sarah
Jessica Parker), discovers why her

friend, Bunny Breckinridge, Jeffrey
Jones as the flamboyantly inaccu-
rate psychic, Criswell (complete

angora sweaters are always
stretched out.

Depp plays Wood with such
charm and Andy Hardy optimism,
you can see why his friends

remained loyal to him, even getting
baptized in order to secure financ-

ing from a church to make Plan
Nine from Outer Space, now
regarded as the worst film ever

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with kiss-curl), and Lisa Marie as
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Vampira.

However, Tim Burton's black-
and-white ode offers something
Ed’s films never had — an Oscar-
calibre performance.

Martin Landau as Ed’s friend

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