Once again Bela Lugosi performs far and above his material. Simply put a truly great actor. Hollywood missed the full use of a fantastic talent. His legend and fans continue to grow and always will.
@@sdovas He was far above the addiction . If you check you will find out why he had an addiction and the age he went for help. No matter what he was, is, and always will be the greatest cinematic Dracula of all time and he deserves it.
"Hollywood missed the full use of a fantastic talent." Hate to point this out but at that time neither Hollywood nor the rest of the country could overlook Lugosi's foreign accent and hence he was mostly cast as villains, vampires from Transylvania or "creaky, foreign stereotypes". Today an accent is almost a bonus - and it certainly didn't stop an Austrian body builder from becoming an actor and then a governor. He didn't even need an acting talent. But back in those days people were still very conservative, puritan and full of prejudice so Bela never had a chance. His fantastic talent didn't matter. Times were bad. Ironically somebody like Ed Wood J:r was remarkably open-minded for his time which is why he still admired Lugosi and portrayed people mainstream Hollywood was way too "prim and proper" (sarcasm) to dare making. Bear in mind this was at a time "Rebel Without a Cause" caused an outrage for "giving young people bad ideas".
@@jamesshunt5123 Actually there were quite a few actors with a foreign accent back then who went to notable careers, Peter Lorre for instance, the main thing is that Lorre was never typecast the way Bela was in-spite of Lorre often playing villains in a Hollywood career that lasted from the late thirties to the 1960’s, and he was never trapped in a series of grade B and Z movies the way poor Bela was along with a heroine addiction and being so typecast by his greatest role (Dracula) that he was buried in one of his Dracula capes after death.
Go to the hell My boy! Jiaaaa... Pull the strings!!! Pull the strings!!! Pull the strings!!! Jiaaaa manténlo, manténlo, niples, niples... Ombligo prrr!!!
So nice of Ed Wood to give Lugosi work. For Bela loved acting and no one would give him work Who wants to see a old boogie man? Well we do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was mutually beneficial, I don't think Ed did it out of the kindness of his heart. Having Lugosi on the cast list made his movies easier to pitch to studios.
An acquaintance of Bela Lugosi told me that in his native Hungary, Lugosi was famed for his romantic roles. Lugosi was unhappy he became typecast as a villain in Hollywood.
There are a few actors that can make any lines sound like Shakespeare, no matter how awful they are. Bela Lugosi could do it, Vincent Price, Patrick Stewart, there are a few like that. But not many. Acting like that is a dying breed.
I was always impressed by Ewan McGregor in the Star Wars prequels. He took all that dialog and treated it with the utmost respect, however earned it may or may not have been.
@Brad1980 Yes. Christopher Lee was a damn good actor, even in 'Gremlins 2', which, as I understand it, was meant to be a total farce. A parody of a cheese-fest, if you will.
One critic said of Ed Wood's movies they were all entertaining even if not the greatest cinematic productions. I never saw one I didn't enjoy. I've watched most of them multiple times and enjoy them over and over.
Only Bela Lugosi could make Ed Wood scripted mumbo jumbo as memorable and intense as any Marlon Brando method performance on the silver screen. R. I. P. Bela.
As bad as Ed Wood's movies were (supposedly) they receive so much attention now. I wonder what he'd think of all the fame that became him posthumously?
yes indeed, thats why they gave him the "silly" treatment,,,, he was arthouse, Plan 9 from Ouer space, spkeas volumes,,,, Ed WOOD,,,, its sort of a wink wink ,,,, no one gets it,,, mistakes were made, the story must be told,,,, pull the string!
MichaelLerio Although I respect Ed Wood for being a (hapless) pioneer I also believe he was an "inadvertent pioneer" who stumbled into a niche he accidentally found a lasting appeal in. Whatever the case may be his talent didn't match his ambition. He deserves credit for having had his movies made at all since it was difficult being a complete independent film maker back in those days - and is no picnic today either for that matter.
You're more right than you know. After years of watching art house stuff, I've come to realize 99.9% of it is the same quality and intellect as Ed Wood's stuff.
I feel like this is what Bela Lugosi has been doing since he died: Watching over all of us & providing commentary to anyone in the Afterlife who happens to be in earshot.
Hello, 8 year old comment. Well I'm here (from the future) to just add in that as a fun piece of info, the link below is likely what was replicated in Ed Wood rather than this clip in the video we're commenting on right now: ruclips.net/video/_-8j8c7iL3E/видео.html&ab_channel=svofski Fun fact eh
A life...is begun! People...all going somewhere. All with their own thoughts, their own ideas. All with their own personalities. One is wrong because he does right...one is right because he does wrong. Pull the strings! Dance to that, which one is created for.
I'll have to admit that it was Ed Wood (the film) that sent me looking for Lugosi's part of Glen or Glenda. This is surprisingly good... I was looking for the unhinged performance that Landau gives in Burton's film, but this is actually interestingly done.
@@johnnyguitar7921 Landau's version is actually based on the Buffalo scene in this film where Lugosi delivered the same line far more dramatically and does the same pulling hand motion, whilst the buffalo herd appears on screen. It's not based on this scene at all.
@@1940limited Landau's version is based on the second "Pull the strings" scene with the buffalo herd, it's not based on this one. Lugosi was more dramatic in the rendition he gives in the buffalo scene.
It was a great movie. My wife and I still enjoy watching it. It helps to know Ed Wood's films to really appreciate the movie. When it came out some of my friends couldn't stand it, but they didn't know Wood's material. I remember seeing Plan 9 as a kid on Saturday Night TV when the movie was maybe a year or 2 old. It might have been on "Chiller."
Some have said Dracula was the only good movie Lugosi ever made. I think it's certainly his best. Many parts in other films were actually degrading to him, but he had a policy, after passing up Frankenstein, of never turning down a movie offer. He played many minor rolls.
you do read into this , right? tie this w the StepFord Wives movie from 1975, then to the remake in 2004,,, then to the book,,, Glenn Close, Glenn, or Glennda???? you get it? its all in plain sight,,, it could make you go crazy, this is an experiment,,, i feel relief,,, becuase my hope is none, but i have found hope, hope in the Cipher,,, which is pathetic indeed,,, and Dangerous,,, and not even fun,,,, i just dont know the scale,,,, its like ,,, movies are directed to targeted audiences,,, and then to some other target audicnes, the Esoteric and the Expoteric,,, blah blah bkah
Lugosi and Karloff never had a major personal rivalry. They vied for roles, true, but they didn't hate each other, nor did Bela despise him either. The only time Bela did say he felt stalked by Karloff was when he was having a Morphine induced dream of being chased by Karloff.
That's true but I still liked the scene in Ed Wood where Lugosi curses out Karloff and says he doesn't deserve to smell my shit! Lugosi's son, Bela Jr., said his father never talked that way.
I would put 'The Island Of Lost Souls' 'The Black Cat' (Bela's best non Dracula role IMHO) 'The Body Snatcher' on any list of essential Bela Lugosi films.
Great job by Bela again. Always wanted to walk in to one of those snotty Shakespeare auditions, where everyone is doing Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet monologues, and break out this or, better yet, the "Atomic Supermen" monologue from Bride and watch them melt before the power of Bela. Just think that would be funny.
As surreal, cheap and nutty as this flick was, it was also one of the most compassionate films of its day. Ed Wood was always on the side of the misfit!!!
To be honest, I didn't know sex changes were even thought about back in the 50s. I thought this movie ws about a guy who liked to dress in women's clothing, but it was more than that. You might call it progressive! :-)
The great thing about Ed Wood was that he genuinely loved movies and loved making movies. As bad as Glen or Glenda is, it still came from the heart. Unlike Batman & Robin, which came from the ass.
As many comments mentioned, awful directing advise but exquisite delivery. Ed Wood had heart and passion for his vision(s), and Bela made certain he'd provide some of his most memorable acting. This clip/excerpt has more depth to it than what most would judge at first glance. Lugosi's delivery is magic, brilliant, and unique. A true moment of cinematographic history.
A memorable bit from ED WOOD although Lugosi in reality didn't fly off the handle like that at the mention of Karloff's name mainly because they both respected each other as professionals too much for something like that.
Bela Lugosi could have read aloud names from the phone book and made them sound haunting, menacing, and supernatural. A wonderful actor whose talent was unfortunately misused and underused by Hollywood.
@animeotaku265 Could not be more right. It's pretty damned amazing. Ridiciulous, you know it the whole time, but yet perversely convincing--and how could the film world be the same without it?
I like every Ed Wood movie I ever watched including many that didn't have Lugosi in them. the Violent Years, Sinister Urge, Jail Bate and Night OF The Ghouls are great; very entertaining. Wood's best did have Lugosi.
You can't make this stuff up. There are a lot of bad movies made by incompetent directors. What distinguishes Ed Wood is the scope of his ambition. It is his conviction that he's writing poetic dialogue and making groundbreaking innovations, and above all his intense passion for what he does, that elevate his work above indifferent mediocrity. It makes it special, and I would even say great in its own way. The worst director? Not by any stretch.
@bennybutch87 Is that not SO true? You can see what made the guy a great stage actor. The story of the utterly sincere Wood and his friendship with Lugosi, who got one more chance to be famous, has got to be one of the most touching stories in the history of cinema...
A woman who was a Long Time Alcoholic once told me " In the deepest times of her addiction a Green Glowing Figure would appear in the dark corner of her Bedroom. Softly telling her these words. " I am going to kill you Lidia , and there is nothing you can do about it " She then wept in front of me , with a far off look in her eyes . She stopped drinking at 60 .....and lived a clean life till her death of 98 .
After Bela realized that he had seriously fucked up by turning down Karloff's part in Frankenstein, he pretty much did his own representation and management. Wanting to stay a working actor, he would basically accept any role that he was offered. These career blunders and his Morphine addiction obviously were sending him straight down the crapper.
It a lot more impressive than the new Amazing Spider Turd movie at least!!! Damn CGI sux compared to good old fashioned special effects!!! There's more entertainment in a 70 minute Ed Wood film than in Avatar's entire 3 hours!!!
Thank you for you wisdom. So true. I recently watched the making of the film "Stargate" and was amazed at how much goes into the set without CG. CG is superficial. Not art...
Even Bela Lugosi and Ed Wood knew we live in a society.
'even' ?
@@TheDizastarmaster yes
Its a TV show
Bela Lugosi is cool. Even when he's not cool he's still cool.
One is wrong because HE does Right....... One is Right....... because he does Wrong.....
Once again Bela Lugosi performs far and above his material. Simply put a truly great actor. Hollywood missed the full use of a fantastic talent. His legend and fans continue to grow and always will.
It's amazing the heights a heroin addiction can make one reach!
@@sdovas He was far above the addiction . If you check you will find out why he had an addiction and the age he went for help. No matter what he was, is, and always will be the greatest cinematic Dracula of all time and he deserves it.
"Hollywood missed the full use of a fantastic talent." Hate to point this out but at that time neither Hollywood nor the rest of the country could overlook Lugosi's foreign accent and hence he was mostly cast as villains, vampires from Transylvania or "creaky, foreign stereotypes". Today an accent is almost a bonus - and it certainly didn't stop an Austrian body builder from becoming an actor and then a governor. He didn't even need an acting talent. But back in those days people were still very conservative, puritan and full of prejudice so Bela never had a chance. His fantastic talent didn't matter. Times were bad.
Ironically somebody like Ed Wood J:r was remarkably open-minded for his time which is why he still admired Lugosi and portrayed people mainstream Hollywood was way too "prim and proper" (sarcasm) to dare making. Bear in mind this was at a time "Rebel Without a Cause" caused an outrage for "giving young people bad ideas".
Mostly because they didn't know what else to do with Lugosi so they kept casting him in roles similar to Dracula, his most famous role.
@@jamesshunt5123 Actually there were quite a few actors with a foreign accent back then who went to notable careers,
Peter Lorre for instance, the main thing is that Lorre was never typecast the way Bela was in-spite of Lorre often playing villains in a Hollywood career that lasted from the late thirties to the 1960’s, and he was never trapped in a series of grade B and Z movies the way poor Bela was along with a heroine addiction and being so typecast by his greatest role (Dracula) that he was buried in one of his Dracula capes after death.
Popin es un conocedor del buen cine
Me lo explicas? Es que hay muchos comentarios de esto y no entiendo nada
Busca Popin, es muy fácil, es el Joker chileno.
Go to the hell My boy! Jiaaaa... Pull the strings!!! Pull the strings!!! Pull the strings!!! Jiaaaa manténlo, manténlo, niples, niples... Ombligo prrr!!!
Even if he is in an Ed Wood film and given the worst possible directing advice and dialouge Bela Lugosi still chews every scene he's in up!
"PULL THE STRINGS!"
God bless Bela, he was one of a kind.
So nice of Ed Wood to give Lugosi work. For Bela loved acting and no one would give him work
Who wants to see a old boogie man? Well we do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was mutually beneficial, I don't think Ed did it out of the kindness of his heart. Having Lugosi on the cast list made his movies easier to pitch to studios.
An acquaintance of Bela Lugosi told me that in his native Hungary, Lugosi was famed for his romantic roles. Lugosi was unhappy he became typecast as a villain in Hollywood.
Let us not forget his highly critically acclaimed portrayal of Jesus Christ as well. Quite a long way from that to Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster.
Popin
There are a few actors that can make any lines sound like Shakespeare, no matter how awful they are. Bela Lugosi could do it, Vincent Price, Patrick Stewart, there are a few like that. But not many. Acting like that is a dying breed.
I was always impressed by Ewan McGregor in the Star Wars prequels. He took all that dialog and treated it with the utmost respect, however earned it may or may not have been.
@@JJKoester you're right. A lot of actors would have broken up laughing at some of it.
@@JJKoester Alec Guinness as well
He was a classically trained actor and performed Shakespeare for years prior in Budapest that's why.
@Brad1980 Yes. Christopher Lee was a damn good actor, even in 'Gremlins 2', which, as I understand it, was meant to be a total farce. A parody of a cheese-fest, if you will.
One critic said of Ed Wood's movies they were all entertaining even if not the greatest cinematic productions. I never saw one I didn't enjoy. I've watched most of them multiple times and enjoy them over and over.
Which one is ur fav
They were so bad that makes them funny to watch 😆
''You know Mr. Lugosi, you're much scarier in real person.'' ''Thank you''
Only Bela Lugosi could make Ed Wood scripted mumbo jumbo
as memorable and intense as any Marlon Brando method performance on the silver screen.
R. I. P. Bela.
As bad as Ed Wood's movies were (supposedly) they receive so much attention now. I wonder what he'd think of all the fame that became him posthumously?
@@1940limited I think he’d be thrilled by the attention. If he had lived longer he probably would have capitalized on it.
If I ever were to time travel I'd go see Bela Lugosi
Ed Wood = art house director born 20 years too soon
yes indeed, thats why they gave him the "silly" treatment,,,, he was arthouse, Plan 9 from Ouer space, spkeas volumes,,,, Ed WOOD,,,, its sort of a wink wink ,,,, no one gets it,,, mistakes were made, the story must be told,,,, pull the string!
MichaelLerio Although I respect Ed Wood for being a (hapless) pioneer I also believe he was an "inadvertent pioneer" who stumbled into a niche he accidentally found a lasting appeal in. Whatever the case may be his talent didn't match his ambition. He deserves credit for having had his movies made at all since it was difficult being a complete independent film maker back in those days - and is no picnic today either for that matter.
You're more right than you know. After years of watching art house stuff, I've come to realize 99.9% of it is the same quality and intellect as Ed Wood's stuff.
@@mattropolis99 honestly if Ed Wood started making movies in the 70s, he’d be David Lynch
Popin lo más grande
I feel like this is what Bela Lugosi has been doing since he died: Watching over all of us & providing commentary to anyone in the Afterlife who happens to be in earshot.
i expected it to be way more over the top, like in Ed Wood. this is actually not bad.
Hello, 8 year old comment. Well I'm here (from the future) to just add in that as a fun piece of info, the link below is likely what was replicated in Ed Wood rather than this clip in the video we're commenting on right now:
ruclips.net/video/_-8j8c7iL3E/видео.html&ab_channel=svofski
Fun fact eh
REDRUM REDRUM MERRYN MERRYN
God this clip rocks. Not only does Lugosi make this scene work, he makes it absolutely EPIC!!! Thanks for uploading.
He’s really good. Even in Ed Wood films. Able to elevate the material.
This scene in the context of this movie is completely incomprehensible
A life...is begun! People...all going somewhere. All with their own thoughts, their own ideas. All with their own personalities. One is wrong because he does right...one is right because he does wrong. Pull the strings! Dance to that, which one is created for.
I'll have to admit that it was Ed Wood (the film) that sent me looking for Lugosi's part of Glen or Glenda. This is surprisingly good... I was looking for the unhinged performance that Landau gives in Burton's film, but this is actually interestingly done.
this is better
Ed Wood was a great movie, but took a lot of artistic license. It's not always historically accurate at all times.
@@johnnyguitar7921 Original is always best!
@@johnnyguitar7921 Landau's version is actually based on the Buffalo scene in this film where Lugosi delivered the same line far more dramatically and does the same pulling hand motion, whilst the buffalo herd appears on screen.
It's not based on this scene at all.
@@1940limited Landau's version is based on the second "Pull the strings" scene with the buffalo herd, it's not based on this one.
Lugosi was more dramatic in the rendition he gives in the buffalo scene.
"Ed Wood 1994" is a perfect look at this..
It was a great movie. My wife and I still enjoy watching it. It helps to know Ed Wood's films to really appreciate the movie. When it came out some of my friends couldn't stand it, but they didn't know Wood's material. I remember seeing Plan 9 as a kid on Saturday Night TV when the movie was maybe a year or 2 old. It might have been on "Chiller."
ruclips.net/video/_-8j8c7iL3E/видео.html
Martin's rendition is based on the more dramatic Buffalo scene and not this city one.
Wow...just wow... I wish I could have met Bela. I really do...
Lugosi was amazing,a chill down the spine!
If only Bela had accepted the role of Doctor Pretorius in 'The Bride of Frankenstein'. What a supreme talent he was.
Problem was that he and Boris Karloff hated each other. That casting wouldn't have worked. Such is life...
Still the man
That editing, making his bottom half translucent is very impressive for 1953
The mad savant Ed Wood was leagues more impressive than any hipster feigning madness today.
Stephen Arling relevancy?
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!! Love Bela! U R Missed!
Besides 'White Zombie' and (of course) 'Dracula', Bela's best work was in Edward D. Wood's movies. He had truly perfected his art.
Some have said Dracula was the only good movie Lugosi ever made. I think it's certainly his best. Many parts in other films were actually degrading to him, but he had a policy, after passing up Frankenstein, of never turning down a movie offer. He played many minor rolls.
this is a great moment for Ed Wood. Lugosi here as the "big brother" goverment with a invisible 'string' that controls us all.
you do read into this , right? tie this w the StepFord Wives movie from 1975, then to the remake in 2004,,, then to the book,,, Glenn Close, Glenn, or Glennda???? you get it? its all in plain sight,,, it could make you go crazy, this is an experiment,,, i feel relief,,, becuase my hope is none, but i have found hope, hope in the Cipher,,, which is pathetic indeed,,, and Dangerous,,, and not even fun,,,, i just dont know the scale,,,, its like ,,, movies are directed to targeted audiences,,, and then to some other target audicnes, the Esoteric and the Expoteric,,, blah blah bkah
Lugosi and Karloff never had a major personal rivalry. They vied for roles, true, but they didn't hate each other, nor did Bela despise him either. The only time Bela did say he felt stalked by Karloff was when he was having a Morphine induced dream of being chased by Karloff.
That's true but I still liked the scene in Ed Wood where Lugosi curses out Karloff and says he doesn't deserve to smell my shit! Lugosi's son, Bela Jr., said his father never talked that way.
I would put
'The Island Of Lost Souls'
'The Black Cat'
(Bela's best non Dracula role IMHO)
'The Body Snatcher'
on any list of essential Bela Lugosi films.
Imagine how good Bela would have been as a Bond villain! Pool da strink!
I'm imagining him as an alternative-universe First Doctor.
@@nicholastosoni707
Or as a younger man, imagine him as Hans Landa in Inglorious Basterds. "Point out to me where they are hiding".
Great job by Bela again. Always wanted to walk in to one of those snotty Shakespeare auditions, where everyone is doing Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet monologues, and break out this or, better yet, the "Atomic Supermen" monologue from Bride and watch them melt before the power of Bela. Just think that would be funny.
Dude... that would be f*cking hilarious!!! I can't stop laughing at the thought of it.
" POOL da' strring-a!" Bela rocks. RIP
His accent is great. "Bevare."
Bela Lugosi could make the most trivial into the most profound, he always amazes me no matter what!
Bela Lugosi will live 4ever!!!
I am glad that ed wood was willing to use Bela in his films. Hopefuly that they got along well too.
apuesto que en el habla hispana nadie mira esto!!! jejeje saludos ..!!!
Like si vienes de un video de popin
Nothing but the best! He's like a future psychic!
Popin❤
This would very possibly be hailed as award winning genius if done today. Has a Terence Malick feel to it.
Great movie, fantastic actor.
A great actor, who made Z material acceptable to audiences. Lugosi was a great actor. No doubt.
Bela was an amazing actor
He did 176 movies during his career.
As surreal, cheap and nutty as this flick was, it was also one of the most compassionate films of its day. Ed Wood was always on the side of the misfit!!!
To be honest, I didn't know sex changes were even thought about back in the 50s. I thought this movie ws about a guy who liked to dress in women's clothing, but it was more than that. You might call it progressive! :-)
GRANDE POPIN
questa scena è stupenda
Truly an excellent talent.
Reminds me of an Ultimate Warrior promo.
The great thing about Ed Wood was that he genuinely loved movies and loved making movies. As bad as Glen or Glenda is, it still came from the heart.
Unlike Batman & Robin, which came from the ass.
:) made my day
The ass of the WB logo
“Pull zee Nipple! Pull Zee rubber encased Bat Nipple! Hah! Hah! Haaa!”
I disagree bat and Robin was more of a homage to the tv series. I enjoyed it for what it was
You just HAD to remind me of the Bat Ass...
Pull the string!! Pull the string!! Merrin merrin!! Redrum Redrum!!
Grande Popin
As many comments mentioned, awful directing advise but exquisite delivery. Ed Wood had heart and passion for his vision(s), and Bela made certain he'd provide some of his most memorable acting. This clip/excerpt has more depth to it than what most would judge at first glance. Lugosi's delivery is magic, brilliant, and unique. A true moment of cinematographic history.
Thanks for uploading this. The part where he's just rambling was always my favorite, next, of course, to the famous "PULL DA STRING!" moment.
Lugosi could make the most mundane dialogue sound compelling.
"You're like the puppetmaster."
Algun chileno aqui por popin?
PEEEEEENCA
Cut! That was perfect!
Lugosi = Epic Winning!
The Best
Bela (disgusted): People!
Me: I felt that, Bela. I felt that.
A memorable bit from ED WOOD although Lugosi in reality didn't fly off the handle like that at the mention of Karloff's name mainly because they both respected each other as professionals too much for something like that.
LOL Love it!
And Martin Landau was sublime as Bela.
bullshit!!! im ready now, roll the camera!
You deserve the Medal of Honor for that one, lol.
Great scene
How great was he? Wow.
Absolute masterpiece. Useful, thank you Mark!
velcome to my castle....he would have made a gooooood hanibal lecterrrrrrrrr.....mo fo
Bela Lugosi could have read aloud names from the phone book and made them sound haunting, menacing, and supernatural. A wonderful actor whose talent was unfortunately misused and underused by Hollywood.
@animeotaku265
Could not be more right. It's pretty damned amazing. Ridiciulous, you know it the whole time, but yet perversely convincing--and how could the film world be the same without it?
I like every Ed Wood movie I ever watched including many that didn't have Lugosi in them. the Violent Years, Sinister Urge, Jail Bate and Night OF The Ghouls are great; very entertaining. Wood's best did have Lugosi.
This is a great performance.
The real count Dracula even 2022
Just a supreme example of what a great actor can do with little. Lugosi will always be great and the only cinematic Dracula.
PULL THE STRING...PULL THE PLUG..
I found this a very cool concept.
Bela Lugosi could make anything sound GAR. I'm sure he could make the Happy Birthday Song sound like the final battle between good and evil.
Dracula rules the planet behind the scenes!😆
Pull the string! Drain the swamp!
Popin me trajo acá 🤡
You can't make this stuff up. There are a lot of bad movies made by incompetent directors. What distinguishes Ed Wood is the scope of his ambition. It is his conviction that he's writing poetic dialogue and making groundbreaking innovations, and above all his intense passion for what he does, that elevate his work above indifferent mediocrity. It makes it special, and I would even say great in its own way. The worst director? Not by any stretch.
Alguien vino por Popin?
I totally agree, now Dracula that's a role that requires talent.
If this had been done by Jean Lu-Gordard, they would be talking about the masterful artistic creation behind the scene.
Pool ze Streeng! Dance! Dance!
@bennybutch87
Is that not SO true? You can see what made the guy a great stage actor. The story of the utterly sincere Wood and his friendship with Lugosi, who got one more chance to be famous, has got to be one of the most touching stories in the history of cinema...
I think his Ed Wood movies get the most play time except maybe Dracula.
A woman who was a Long Time Alcoholic once told me " In the deepest times of her addiction a Green Glowing Figure would appear in the dark corner of her Bedroom.
Softly telling her these words. " I am going to kill you Lidia , and there is nothing you can do about it "
She then wept in front of me , with a far off look in her eyes .
She stopped drinking at 60 .....and lived a clean life till her death of 98 .
Yo vengo por popin 👍
After Bela realized that he had seriously fucked up by turning down Karloff's part in Frankenstein, he pretty much did his own representation and management. Wanting to stay a working actor, he would basically accept any role that he was offered. These career blunders and his Morphine addiction obviously were sending him straight down the crapper.
Whenever an ad for those stupid "pull the pin" games comes up, this is what I think of.
Grande popin
It a lot more impressive than the new Amazing Spider Turd movie at least!!! Damn CGI sux compared to good old fashioned special effects!!! There's more entertainment in a 70 minute Ed Wood film than in Avatar's entire 3 hours!!!
Thank you for you wisdom. So true. I recently watched the making of the film "Stargate" and was amazed at how much goes into the set without CG. CG is superficial. Not art...
Don't like to compare films each film is unique in their own way
@Crashwinder I agree. Imagine Bela instead of Boris doing "Grinch".