let me say this about edward d. wood jr. he have a passion for his work that i wish more people do have . if we all have the optimism and the commanding hope of ed wood and the world would probably be a much good place . be familiar with ed wood story and have see the most wonderful biopic ed wood ( 1994 ) several time and i admire his boldness and his strives for the job he love while i still admire his never say die attitude . he have a love for direct that i wish more people in modern day hollywood have . but that doesn not make his movie any more fun to watch . and glen or glenda and his first and most confessional film and be probably his very worst . glen or glenda be a deaden cult movie about a cross dresser name glen ( play by director or writer ed wood himself ) who despite his love for his fiancée barbara ( dolores fuller ) and can not seem to conquer his lust for transvestitism and in which he dress in woman clothe and a wig and thus becomes . glenda . glen or glenda story be narrate by a doctor and he too be talked and watch over by a mysterious character call the scientist play by veteran horror star bela lugosi . oh and and there also some sub story about an alan or anne character who become a transsexual base on the christine jorgenson story and upon whom this movie originally title i change my sex . be previously to be base . have i drop your jaw yet . well and as much a i want to warn you off this picture if you have never see it and i would never tell a lie about a movie and there be not one word of falsehood in that plot synopsis i just give you . every thing in it be true . this be a movie about cross dresser and transsexual and a topic that do not sound very appeal to begin with and be not do in a very appealing manner . i be sure that with a good screenplay and and a good director ( it have neither ) that glen or glenda and despite the subject matter and could have be a very moving picture . it be a confessional movie on wood part and a he be a transvestite in real life as well a on screen . but once again and that do not make it a good movie . or a watchable one for that matter . glen or glenda be a jumbled and disorganized mess of a movie that sink into new trench in the realm of bad cinema . it make no more sense than do it notoriously silly scene where bela lugosi scream pull the string . over inexplicable footage of stampede bison . the majority of the movie be narrate in a monotonous voice and remind me of some very bad short informative film i have see before . it like one of those really bad short film expand into a seventy minute feature and twice a dull . we sit there for age wait for the plot that never come . there be no real attempt to even build energy with the camera be lock down in one position for many grueling minute and long stretch of time where nothing at all happens . the only moment that be worth anybody time be those of bela lugosi who manage to bring some light into these dark trench . i guess lugosi be suppose to be like the deity of the film and but personally and i couldn not care less who or what he suppose to be . i will tell you what he be represent a gifted actor who wind up make trash . but he and wood be very good friend and like work with each other and so good for him . i will always admire edward d. wood jr. for his passion for the cinema and but i will never as long a i live admire his movie . a film critic once call ed wood movie innocent fun but i think even that be questionable . innocent . yes . fun . no and sir . and if citizen kane be the mount everest of the cinematic world and then glen or glenda be probably the mariana trench .