list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Glen or Glenda? on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Glen_or_Glenda/13519/default.aspx Title: Glen or Glenda?
Year: 1953
Director: Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Plot: In his heart-felt cinematic debut, Edward D. Wood, Jr. himself stars under the pseudonym Daniel Davis as a young man with a dilemma: should he tell his lovely young fiancee (played by real-life girlfriend Dolores Fuller) about his burning desire to cross-dress? She has begun to notice articles of clothing missing from her closet; the suspense builds...what should he do? Bela Lugosi plays the omniscient narrator; note his conviction as he "pulls the strings." Amidst this unintentionally hilarious mish-mash of melodrama, social commentary and inexplicable stock footage, there is something for every taste: countless cross dressers, hallucinatory dream sequences, sex-change surgeries, spirited cat fights, borderline-pornographic simulated sex scenes, poetic monologues, a haunted house, and a stampede of wild buffalo. Released under various titles across the country -- I Lived Two Lives, I Changed My Sex -- this fiasco bombed across the board but managed to gain Wood enough notoriety in the "B"-movie world to launch a career that is today the stuff of legend. Hailed by most critics as the worst film of all time, Wood nearly matched his first effort with such atrocities as Bride of the Monster, Night of the Ghouls, the infamous Plan 9 from Outer Space, and, perhaps the world's first topless horror film, Orgy of the Dead. Although few may count Wood among the best American cinema has to offer, Glen or Glenda certainly places him among its most memorable. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:41:47 GMTGlen or Glenda?1953Edward D. Wood, Jr.In his heart-felt cinematic debut, Edward D. Wood, Jr. himself stars under the pseudonym Daniel Davis as a young man with a dilemma: should he tell his lovely young fiancee (played by real-life girlfriend <a href="/players/P____25300/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Dolores Fuller</a>) about his burning desire to cross-dress? She has begun to notice articles of clothing missing from her closet; the suspense builds...what should he do? <a href="/players/P____43690/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bela Lugosi</a> plays the omniscient narrator; note his conviction as he "pulls the strings." Amidst this unintentionally hilarious mish-mash of melodrama, social commentary and inexplicable stock footage, there is something for every taste: countless cross dressers, hallucinatory dream sequences, sex-change surgeries, spirited cat fights, borderline-pornographic simulated sex scenes, poetic monologues, a haunted house, and a stampede of wild buffalo. Released under various titles across the country -- I Lived Two Lives, I Changed My Sex -- this fiasco bombed across the board but managed to gain Wood enough notoriety in the "B"-movie world to launch a career that is today the stuff of legend. Hailed by most critics as the worst film of all time, Wood nearly matched his first effort with such atrocities as <a href=/films/4435/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Bride of the Monster</a>, <a href=/films/24681/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Night of the Ghouls</a>, the infamous <a href=/films/26833/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Plan 9 from Outer Space</a>, and, perhaps the world's first topless horror film, <a href=/films/25666/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Orgy of the Dead</a>. Although few may count Wood among the best American cinema has to offer, <a href=/films/13519/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Glen or Glenda</a> certainly places him among its most memorable. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide5Slightly Tagged (1-5)16213http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t05022kcqfx.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Glen_or_Glenda/13519/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Re_Re_Re_Re_Scary_Movie_Quotes/222/19914/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: sonofkinski
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Post Date: 9/19/2007 3:53:23 PM
Body: Is it 'Plan Nine from Outer Space'?  Followed by all of that "Pull da string!!" nonsense?
]]>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:53:23 GMTsonofkinskiHORROR MOVIES 1019/19/2007 3:53:23 PMIs it &#39;Plan Nine from Outer Space&#39;?  Followed by all of that "Pull da string!!" nonsense? http://www.spout.com/blogs/chesterfilms/archive/2007/9/6/19404.aspx Post By: chesterfilms
Post To: chesterfilms Blog
Post Date: 9/6/2007 3:37:00 AM
Body: How do you approach an Ed Wood film? You know it's not going to be good. In fact you know it's going to be terrible, but that's why you are watching it. My first knowledge of this film was from watching the Tim Burton film Ed Wood. Loving that film helped me enjoy Glen or Glenda more. Knowing the story of all the stock footage used, Bela Lugosi's insane ramblings as the films narrator, and the quick shots of Ed Wood walking up to department store windows. It really is astonishing how bad of a film Glen or Glenda is. It is so unfocused and random, and at times. I thought I was watching an instructional film from the 50's. Still you cannot deny the sheer joy of watching this totally unique and dare I say ingenious film? No I dare not say it, because it's really not. 3 stars for fun. "Bevare...bevare...bevare of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys, puppy dog tails and big fat snails. Bevare...take care...bevare..."
]]>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:37:00 GMTchesterfilmschesterfilms Blog9/6/2007 3:37:00 AMHow do you approach an Ed Wood film? You know it&#39;s not going to be good. In fact you know it&#39;s going to be terrible, but that&#39;s why you are watching it. My first knowledge of this film was from watching the Tim Burton film Ed Wood. Loving that film helped me enjoy Glen or Glenda more. Knowing the story of all the stock footage used, Bela Lugosi&#39;s insane ramblings as the films narrator, and the quick shots of Ed Wood walking up to department store windows. It really is astonishing how bad of a film Glen or Glenda is. It is so unfocused and random, and at times. I thought I was watching an instructional film from the 50&#39;s. Still you cannot deny the sheer joy of watching this totally unique and dare I say ingenious film? No I dare not say it, because it&#39;s really not. 3 stars for fun. &quot;Bevare...bevare...bevare of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys, puppy dog tails and big fat snails. Bevare...take care...bevare...&quot; http://www.spout.com/blogs/sarcastig/archive/2007/7/28/16711.aspx Post By: sarcastig
Post To: As cool as a Fruitstand
Post Date: 7/28/2007 5:00:32 AM
Body: You'd think the label "worst director of all time" would be, well, hard to live up to. It's a form of overly high expectations, after all, what if people come to your films expecting terrible and getting merely mediocre?Don't worry though, "Glen or Glenda" is anything but merely mediocre. The reason it is this terrible, and fascinating, is because it's so incredibly earnest, so filled with ideas and good intentions, so convinced of its own importance. It's a movie that has no lesser goal than to spread understanding and acceptance of transvestism (a term which is defined, in almost the same terms, twice, as if to pound it in our head, or maybe Wood had simply forgotten he'd already done it).But what a strange movie this is. It's hard even to talk of "scenes". Glen himself gets some lines with his Barbara, but as Glenda he is mostly just followed through the street by a voice-over. There are multiple framing devices: a doctor who tells the story of Glen "and all the other Glens" to a concerned policeman, but also strange bits with Bela Lugosi as some puppeteer going nefariously on and on about "pulling the string" and "puppy dog tails and fat big snails". There's even a scene of him in a lab, but what he's mixing we don't know. It produces a lot of smoke though.There are weird dream sequences too, and then, there's his love of stock footage. When we see Bela, for example, it's framed by shots of lightning. The story of Alan - also told by the doctor- is mostly narrated over war footage. A shot of a highway, cars streaming through, comes back over and over again with only a mere excuse for it the first time.It's a totally bizarre film, and while it can be applauded for at least trying to make transvestism normal, it spoils that by being thoroughly homophobic. It confirms that Wood might, indeed, be the worst director of all time, but also a director with so much ambition and so many ideas that it's amazing none of them turn out to be good.So do yourself a favor. Don't go see the merely mediocre "I know who killed me" or anything like that this weekend. Treat yourself to something truly terrible instead. Originally posted on:As cool as a Fruitstand
]]>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:00:32 GMTsarcastigAs cool as a Fruitstand7/28/2007 5:00:32 AMYou'd think the label "worst director of all time" would be, well, hard to live up to. It's a form of overly high expectations, after all, what if people come to your films expecting terrible and getting merely mediocre?Don't worry though, "Glen or Glenda" is anything but merely mediocre. The reason it is this terrible, and fascinating, is because it's so incredibly earnest, so filled with ideas and good intentions, so convinced of its own importance. It's a movie that has no lesser goal than to spread understanding and acceptance of transvestism (a term which is defined, in almost the same terms, twice, as if to pound it in our head, or maybe Wood had simply forgotten he'd already done it).But what a strange movie this is. It's hard even to talk of "scenes". Glen himself gets some lines with his Barbara, but as Glenda he is mostly just followed through the street by a voice-over. There are multiple framing devices: a doctor who tells the story of Glen "and all the other Glens" to a concerned policeman, but also strange bits with Bela Lugosi as some puppeteer going nefariously on and on about "pulling the string" and "puppy dog tails and fat big snails". There's even a scene of him in a lab, but what he's mixing we don't know. It produces a lot of smoke though.There are weird dream sequences too, and then, there's his love of stock footage. When we see Bela, for example, it's framed by shots of lightning. The story of Alan - also told by the doctor- is mostly narrated over war footage. A shot of a highway, cars streaming through, comes back over and over again with only a mere excuse for it the first time.It's a totally bizarre film, and while it can be applauded for at least trying to make transvestism normal, it spoils that by being thoroughly homophobic. It confirms that Wood might, indeed, be the worst director of all time, but also a director with so much ambition and so many ideas that it's amazing none of them turn out to be good.So do yourself a favor. Don't go see the merely mediocre "I know who killed me" or anything like that this weekend. Treat yourself to something truly terrible instead. Originally posted on:As cool as a Fruitstand http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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