Tag: Ed Wood
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Johnny Depp’s Directorial Debut Is a Film You Can’t See in the US
The late 80s to early 90s were a great time for Johnny Depp. After fantastic performances in films such as Platoon, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, and Ed Wood to name a few, it was only natural for him to explore other aspects of the movies where he could shine. He tried his hand in filmmaking…
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Samuel L. Jackson Says ‘A Time to Kill’ Cut Scenes Robbed Him of ‘Getting an Oscar’: ‘Really, Motherf—ers? You Just Took That S— From Me?’
Samuel L. Jackson told The Times last year that he deserved to win the Oscar for best supporting actor over Martin Landau (“Ed Wood”) at the 1995 Academy Awards. In a new interview with Vulture, the actor said he was robbed of a second chance to win an Oscar just a couple years later with…
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This ’70s Docu-Drama Pushed a Serious Point for Queer Storytelling
When tracing the lineage of transgender identity and how it’s historically been represented in cinema, you’ll inevitably stumble onto sexploitation legend, Doris Wishman’s 1977 docu-soap Let Me Die a Woman. The Christine Jorgenson meta biopic/satire is a direct response to the worst director in the world, Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda. Ed Wood was a…