Ed Wood - Bela Legosi Fighting with a Squid

For those that don't Ed Wood is the story of the worst director in the history of cinema. His films have a cult following in that "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" sort of way. Its only fitting that the film "Ed Wood" has a cult like following. But in this case, its for the right reason.

Ed Wood only made $6,000,000 in box office money. I could see why. This is not a film that was made for John and Jane Q Public. It's shot in a dark black and white setting. There is a lot that you have to actually follow and devote some attention to. Basically, it not a mindless way to spend a couple of hours.

Directed by Tim Burton, the film does an incredible job of showing what it must have been like to shoot small budget - indie style films back. The shortcuts that have to be made during filming, how to raise money for the film, etc... You can really tell that Burton was a huge of Wood's as this is a perfect homage.

Johnny Depp plays Wood to perfection. He has this infinite optimism about everything he does. You can see his pasion in making films. No matter how crappy they were, he always felt like he was doing work comparable to Orson Wells. He was in many ways a flawed man, but Depp's amazing performance makes you feel that we should have honored this director in some way.

And what can be said about Martin Landau. He won a much deserved oscar for his incredible performance as Bela Legosi during the end of his career and life. He brings a beautiful mixture of empathy and comedy to the performance.

I think this scene really epitomizes the movie. Here it is probably about 3:00 am. They've got this incredibly fake looking squid with no motor (because they forgot it), a 70 something year old actor who's half in the bag, yet nothing deters Wood. He genuinely loves what he's doing.

You know, in a way, I'm glad this film isn't that widely known to the mass audiences. It makes me feel its my own personal gem.

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