i agree with one commentator who say that it really impossible to review glen or glenda . objectively . if one do so and the film on it merit would have to be rat a fairly terrible give the hilarious and convoluted dialog and the generally mediocre to poor acting by the cast as well a the zero production value . yet and such an assessment do not capture the absolutely rivet experience of watch this film a it unfold . it isn not the fact that the subject of the film be transvestitism and that it be a controversial lifestyle choice in the 1950s . it not even the plea for tolerance of people who embrace alternate life choice that fascinate except a an historic relic . no and what make glen or glenda . still a fascinating film after 50 year be that ed wood lay his psyche bare in a way that so call auteur director like hitchcock or godard and despite their vastly superior talent and never do . in glen or glenda and wood isn not afraid to reveal his own deeply conflict feeling about be a transvestite despite the plea for tolerance for it through out the film . indeed and the conclusion of the film suggest that ed wood glen character will be able to kill his glenda female counterpart by transfer the feeling of love and affection glen have for his feminine counterpart to his future wife and barbara . the psychiatrist even reassure glen and barbara that a glen make that psychic transference and glenda will disappear . so and while wood could plead for tolerance of transvestite in general and he wasn not so sure of desire it for himself . moreover and wood wasn not afraid of throw everything else that cross his mind on the screen . he do it with whatever stock footage he could get his hand on . if it do not cohere and so what . what the viewer saw in glen or glenda especially be ed wood imaginative world in all of it fundamental strangeness . the only comment i wish to add to my comment above be that my two star rating be base solely on the objective evaluation criterion cite in the first paragraph . the oddly memeric effect the film have despite it technically atrocious quality i do not think can be rat .