film was opened 3 times by me because of the school's internet speed, so the title was repeated 3 times. The title is very Tim Burton's style, the first time you see it, you will feel weird and confused, lightning and thunder, tombs, vampires, flying saucers, deep-sea octopuses, these elements are matched illogically and incoherently, flashing in fragments , like saying hello, a bit absurd.
However, after I learned about ED, I found that these elements all foreshadowed the following in a seemingly "inexplicable" style, indicating that those miscellaneous films that were dismissed as poor films, Edwood's tireless struggle for its optimism, of course, also Foreshadowing of his era, the rise of Hollywood monster movies and the tragic careers of veteran vampire actors.
·One of the most curious details in the confusing "Swan Lake"
movie is Swan Lake. Every time the ED director forgets his feelings, he will think of such a BGM. It is difficult to guess for such a well-known song , Is there any special intention to be interspersed so frequently.
In the article of Douyou Fariando, I finally found the answer to this doubt. Bela played Browning's 1931 version of Dracula, another vampire film that influenced the entire 20th century after Nosferadu. At the beginning of "Dracula", the melody of "Swan Lake" appeared, and the mysterious and magical sense of "Swan Lake" greatly strengthened the atmosphere of the film, so when ED and Bela filmed those ghost movies together, "Swan Lake" sounded. It's no surprise, not only is it a tribute to the great vampire movies and genre actors, but it also fits the atmosphere of the shoot.
·The desire to "tell a story" with a movie goes beyond the desire to "tell a good story".
The deepest impression on ED is his love for movies, so much that he can change the idea and original intention of filming in order to have the opportunity to make movies. He can Replacing actors for sponsorship, cutting and changing plots, adding unprovoked content, all on the condition that "movies can be made".
At first, I thought that such extreme fanaticism should be admired or regretted, because we usually turn chasing ideals into falsehoods, and sometimes we can't understand whether we love ourselves chasing the so-called ideals or the ideal itself.
However, Ed is an optimist living in this predicament. He enjoys the process of getting closer to what he loves. No matter how bad or difficult, he still feels perfect and hopeful.
Suddenly, for a moment, I no longer struggle with the empty shell of the ideal and the essence of the ideal, and I don't wonder whether it really makes sense to love the ideal if it must make things about it more perfect and harmonious. Because each other cannot define the meaning of "ideal", as long as you go deep into it, enjoyment and love are enough. So Ed became a comedy character with a sad color, those talents determined by God, and the feedback determined by the external environment, these feedback to his seemingly hopeless predicament did not defeat such a heartfelt love, this is what impresses me the most.
After watching Edwood's real experience, I found that Tim Burton was so realistic. After ED died in the house of the actor who helped him, he must not have thought that the experience of a worst director turned into an excellent film. Film. But just like what Ed said when he magically met Orson Welles, the director of "Citizen Kane" at the end of the film: the
movie is worth fighting for, it is better to spend a lifetime to make a person's ideal.
So Edwood's "worst" film obsession is a film, a passionate poem dedicated to the film itself.
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