In today's China, where bad movies are rampant, Edwood may be a director who can sell well at the box office.
Robert McKee once said that one of the hallmarks of comic characters is obsession. On this level, Edwood is. The audience booed him, the producers mocked him, the investors refused to invest in him - any smart person would have changed careers long ago, but he continued to make movies, as a screenwriter, director, actor, producer, looking for all kinds of of people persuade them to invest. When he first met Kathy, introducing his lengthy career, Kathy asked, "No one can do this much?" He replied, "Yes, Orson Welles, and me." Orson Welles was Edwood's idol, the gap between them, is like a joke from God. Orson Welles is a true genius, having made Citizen Kane at the age of 26. And Edwood's love for movies is more like a curse from God. At the climax of the movie, Edwood met Orson Welles and complained about the stupidity of the producer. Wells said a paragraph: Ed, visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams? This paragraph , is not only an inspiration to Ed, but an encouragement to all the filmmakers who are still fighting.
Edwood is a very simple person, whether it is making movies or doing things.
He started filming with ambitions and wanted to prove he had the same talent as Orson Welles. Although he was rejected by investors and producers one after another, and criticized by the audience, when he had the opportunity to make another movie, his eyes immediately lit up and he was not attacked in the slightest. Compared with those directors who are unhappy, use alcohol to relieve their sorrows, and insult the audience for their lack of aesthetics, Edwood's love for movies seems pure and incomparable. When he was filming "Grave robbers from outer space", when he used a stick to hang a spaceship model and fly it on a rudimentary Hollywood set, the spirit of the pioneering spirit had a shadow of Méliès.
And his love for his childhood idol, Bela Lugosi, would not have been possible without a pure and kind heart. Lugosi is a tragic figure, who made his name in Dracula, but in his later years was poor and forgotten, with only a pack of dogs to keep him company. When he was taken to the hospital by Ed for a drug addiction and surrounded by tabloid reporters, he was actually happy because people were paying attention to him again. Ed meets Lugosi, at first adoring, then obliged to save. By the time Lugosi smiled on the street and said, "Ed, I want to thank you, the past few days were really beautiful", the two frustrated people had already become solace in each other's souls. Apart from Edwood, there is no longer a second person, let's watch the images left by him over and over again.
Ed has two girlfriends, Dolores and Kathy. Dolores' departure is inevitable. She is too smart, has strong self-esteem, and has lofty ambitions. She pinned these ambitions on Ed at first, but after being attacked by Ed's transvestites, and seeing their "unthinking" Enterprising", and finally left in despair. She later became a well-known composer, writing pieces for Elvis. And Kathy is an ordinary girl, her purity and kindness are exactly the same as Ed. When Ed confessed about her transvestites on the first date, she quickly accepted it (without caring what outsiders thought). Her love for Ed is adoring and unconditional. In reality, Kathy has followed Ed for more than 20 years, and she is loyal and never remarried after Ed's death.
Tim Burton was merciful, and at the end Edwood enjoyed the applause and praise of the crowd. But in reality, Edwood spent his life making bad movies, was poor, and finally died in the family of the actor who helped him.
What if one's love is not blessed? This question is actually thought by utilitarians. Like Edwood, he loves, just, because of love.
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