September 29, 2015

Alexandrine 2022-04-20 09:01:36

The theme is good, "A diligent loser who has been loyal to his dreams all his life. He is addicted to movies, but he has no talent."

But the shooting is not good, and the running accounts are general. There is no key plot, no empathy, and no one can be moved. Maybe because it is a documentary biography, there will be restrictions.

Fictional words have a lot of room to play. Like the life of Matsuko, the narrative angle and sequence are very unique, because it is impossible to tell a person's life in two hours, so only a few scenes are selected, but the representation is very strong.

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Ed Wood quotes

  • Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Actors! I must have my actors!

  • Tor Johnson: [after the fake octopus falls on him] Better than wrestling!