A tribute to Tinseltown

From page 28

and “star,” Bela Lugosi, is a sympa-
thetic portrayal of a faded celebrity
reduced to poverty, drug addiction
all the while railing against Boris
Karloff with hilarious vulgarity. Ed
and Bela's relationship is the core
of the film, handled with more
compassion than Lugosi ever
received in his career.

A little overlong, Ed Wood suc-
ceeds as a witty, touching and

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Ed Wood: Look Back in
Angora & «x (Rhino Home
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The clever title sets the tone of
this hour-long video documentary.
Through interviews with friends,
home movies and clips from his
productions we see the real Ed.
Despite the less-than-reverential
jokes (his downward spiral is subti-

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tled Drift-Woad), it's a good
overview of his life, career and
alcoholic slide into poverty, obscu-
tity and an early grave in 1978 at
age 54.

Like so many of Woou’s films,
his death tiow has a twist ending.
The payoff to his life’s work
arrives 16 years too late for him to
collect.

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