October 21, 2004

The Church of Ed Wood "Ed Wood's films are a vivifying religious energy given to us to teach us how to live our lives. Hidden in his films are messages to us all. To the untrained eye of a philistine Ed Wood hater, his films appear to be nothing more than silly, cheap flops. However, when you accept Ed Wood as your savior, your mind becomes open to the strong political, social, spiritual, religious, and personal messages hidden in his scripts, his films, and his words." [via Rue Morgue Magazine]

Ed Wood's films weren't great. Hell, we know that. But making films is what he wanted to do all his life. And he did it, regardless of the obstacles or the adversities he faced. Much like Jesus, Ed Wood died for his art, for his films, died for his messages of cinema for us. And in his memory, we must be driven to do what we want to do, what is in our own souls, regardless of what might face us on that long, lonely road.
Really more a philosophy than a religion. And really more an outlook than a philosophy. Still, how can you not get behind a church whose savior is an alcoholic transvestite filmmaker? And yes, apparently they're serious.
posted by TenaciousPettle 20 years ago
  • I got three things to say about this. W T F? The end.
  • Suddenly the jump-rope song from the book "This Perect Day" by Ira Levin makes sense.
  • In a weird way, it's stuff like this that renews my faith in humanity. I don't know why it is, but when I come across these kinds of groups, I just have this inner sense of peace, like everything's going to be okay.
  • I'm converted. I <3 Ed Wood.
  • I just saw Plan 9 From Outer Space last night. I do NOT heart Ed Wood after that.
  • How can you not? It's genius, I tell you!
  • But a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? --Browning I heart-heart-heart Ed Wood, and I totally get behind what Reverend Steve is saying. I mean, here's a guy with NO talent, NO skill, and really NOTHING to encourage him to become a filmmaker except that he desperately WANTS to. And you know what? HE FUCKING DID IT. The movies are crap, sure--the effects are laughable, the "stories" are risible, the "acting"...(although I argue that Lugosi was fab in "Bride of the Monster", given what he had to work with)--but he was out there, LIVING THE DREAM. I think there's something admirable in that, yea, even something divine. Maybe not a savior, but still...
  • Oh, forgot to add: so you see, Ed was reaching for Heaven, despite the fact that he was miserably unable to reach it. Now, some call that foolhardy--these argue that Ed should've just lowered his aspirations and done something he could reasonably be expected to achieve, like Angora sales. But what's better? To aim at the dirt and hit it, or to aim at the moon and miss? Isn't there such a thing as an admirable failure? Isn't there a little Wood in all of us? And if you can't see it, I've got this to say to you: THERE! YOU SEE? YOUR STUPID MINDS! STUPID! STUPID!!!
  • *agrees with TenaciousPettle*
  • "Ed Wood," the 1994 film starring Johnny Depp, was released for the first time on DVD Tuesday. Coincidence?
  • *looks back in angora*
  • *groan* That was bad, Wolof. That was so bad I'm going to use it every single chance I get for the next six months.