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Arbogast on Film —
... has called for a blog-a-thon, his first ever . In his own words: I want people's imagination and creativity to flourish so I'm calling it The Spirit of Ed Wood Blogathon . The idea is if you want to write about PLAN 9 you can. Or Ed Wood. Or any underground, cheaply made movie that was filled with heart, or just incompetence. It can even be about good movies too. CARNIVAL OF SOULS was made on the cheap in the can-do spirit of Ed Wood and actually succeeded. So basically I leave it up to you. Let the spirit of that unstoppable force of cinema, Ed Wood, be your guide The ...
Summer Blogathons
C I N E B E A T S —
... [image] And last but certainly not least, July 2009 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space and in its honor Greg over at the always lively ...
What’s doing!
TCM's Classic Movie Blog —
... , which kicks off it’s Spirit of Ed Wood Blog-a-Thon on Monday, July 6th. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Wood’s jaw-dropping PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959), which should need little in the way of introduction to you movie lovers. Often, inaccurately, unfairly, wrongly, criminally, stupidly fobbed off as the worst movie ever made, PLAN 9… is so personal, so tin-eared, so fundamentally warped and yet so unforgettable that it’s no wonder we’re still talking about the flick a half century after the fact (while nobody has said two words to about, say, CHARIOTS OF ...
Sporting Wood
F L I C K H E A D —
... The following review is a contribution to The Spirit of Ed Wood Blogathon, running from July 6-12 at Cinema Styles: There’s a fringe cult that harbors a curious reverence for Ed Wood. Whether they defend his pictures or his standing as an independent filmmaker are moot points amid the gushing adulation. Ever since that ephemeral l’age d’or of Golden Turkey awards and Worst of All Time festivals (circa 1978-82), Wood’s pictures and exploits have been analyzed, scrutinized and documented beyond reason. It’s highly probable that ...
