To sum up this movie in two sentences, that is:
1. A tribute to a geek director
2. The best actor in the world plays the worst director in the world
When I see half of it, I will It is already clear that this is a tribute film, a film that Tim Burton pays tribute to all the film predecessors - but the way Tim Burton uses is to find one of the best actors in the world, Jonny Depp, to perform. The story of Ed Wood, the worst director in the world.
Who is Ed Wood? At the end of the film, Tim Burton tells us: Edward D.Wood.Jr,Kept struggling in Hollywood.But mainstream success eludedhi.After a slow desent into alcoholism and monster nudie films,he died in 1978,at the age of 54.Two years later, Ed was voted "Worst Director Of All Time", bringing him worldwide acclaim and a new generation of fans. And in an
instant, my nose got sore.
In fact, Burton did not do too much artistic treatment of the character Ed Wood, which makes the film's protagonist and the story prototype very close. Ed Wood in the film is a director, producer, screenwriter, cross-dresser, and often has strange ideas, and has become a confidant with the old horror star Bela lugosi. He would often find someone to promote how great his script was in the hope that someone would invest in him to make a movie; he was always satisfied with the performance of the actors, and every shot was done in one shot; he didn't care what anyone said, no matter what people thought No matter how bad his films are, he will still try his best to make his weird stories into movies, even at the cost of having the entire crew baptized in order to get the church to fund his movie. He always believed that his ideas were great. He values love and righteousness, and his friendship with Bela is sincere and touching; he is paranoid, and paranoid makes people angry and funny. However, in such a character, it is his paranoia that deeply moves every audience-that paranoia comes from his infinite love and enthusiasm for movies. And this, again, reflects the genius of Tim Burton - he used a ridiculously pathetic director, a filmmaker who was voted "the worst director of all time" two years after his death, to express his respect for all his predecessors. Because in this character with a strong tragic color, a filmmaker's pursuit and enthusiasm for the film is magnified, and this enthusiasm and pursuit is exactly what Tim Burton wants to pay tribute to all filmmakers. There are also a lot of funny characters in the film, and together they are a farce. When you watch it, you may think: It is very rare to have such a strange person as Wood in real life, and there are so many funny characters around him, which is probably only in the drama. But when the film finally introduces you to the prototypes of the characters in the film with subtitles, you will suddenly realize: drama is like life, and life should be absurd. Then you will understand that in the eyes of Tim Burton, people who truly love the art of film, even if they fail like Ed Wood, and the funny little people around him, are worthy of respect.
As for Johnny Depp, I don't need to say more, 13 years ago and 13 years later still so charming. 13 years ago, Johnny Depp had a melancholy prodigal temperament, but 13 years later, Johnny Depp has a more stable sense of vicissitudes. There is also the golden combination of Depp and Burton, which is like two children interpreting the fairy tale world in their hearts. It has not changed for many years, so that I almost forgot that this year's Burton is 49 years old, and Depp, also 44 years old .
In that potentially disqualifying final assignment, I had already fully articulated my understanding of what a good director would be. So at the end of the day, I would say, Ed Wood is a good director in my opinion, even though he's a bad technique and a weird idea, it doesn't stop him from being a good director because he has all the things that a good director has in him. The most precious thing about film - infinite love for film and unrestrained imagination.
Of course, when it comes to wild imagination, in my opinion, no one in today's film industry can beat Tim Burton.
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