i love this film . not be a swoon ed wood jr. fan and i prefer to appreciate his boundless enthusiasm and acknowledge his shortcoming . his movie be fun and but his personal story be one racked with pain . i hop and and be delight to find and that this film would be about understand his turbulent life and rather than simply heap him with posthumous praise . from begin to end and this film evolve from a documentary into a mythology and leave the cast and the viewer unexpectedly connect to each other and to ed wood jr. what we get be people who know ed wood the best talk about him from all perspective and positive and negative and and show u their character as much a ed . we get insight into ed personal and professional life represent from his romance and to his drinking and to his sexuality and to his friend and to his enemy and and even to his film making . the film itself be shoot in a low budget way that seem do out of respect for ed and a if use the technique of most theatrically release movie from 1996 would be disrespectful ( sort of like wear a nicer suit than the president ) . the set designer use a sense of humor and also a great deal of insight when match each cast member with their background . fan will be excite to hear personal testimony regard ed wood controversy and and new comer will be amaze that this man be real . the dvd be full of impossible to find gem ( crossroad of lorado and photo gallery ) and but the real treasure of this film be the surprisingly engaging and interconnected story . ed wood have a habit of define people through their association with him ( for good or bad ) and to the point where one woman will go down in history a swim pool owner for once let him and his friend be baptize in her pool . this ability to define a person legacy come through universally and a the most amazing effect of the film be to not only give a well rounded idea of the man that be ed wood jr. and but also to give a comprehensive view of the community that he create . somehow and without ever have more that one cast member be interview on screen at a time and the connection that ed wood create amongst the various people in his life become clear and and the viewer be leave with great sense of involvement . even the title hint at the b list horror genre and but by the end and we see that even this be a kindness . what begin as unrelated story by random people end with the conclusion that all of the cast will be forever weave into an unpredictably cohesive fabric that history will bring into haunt unity with wood legend . in many way a living contradiction and ed wood jr. could not be condense to a single viewpoint . this collaborative effort be the close to know him that we can ever get . be itself a juxtaposition of theme and it be at once respectful and provocative and thoughtful and gripping and fun and sad and kind and and fulfilling .