Glen Or Glenda (1953)
Edward D. Wood Jr. is claimed to be the worst director of all time. He independently produced his own movies, he wrote, directed such masterpieces as Bride Of The Monster and Plan 9 From Outer Space. He was eccentric and is still famous to this day.
The first Ed Wood movie I wanted to review was the 1953 weird film Glen Or Glenda, Wood’s take on transvestites. This movie is produced by George Weiss and with the original intensions to make a biopic about Christine Jorgensen, the fist man ever having a sex change. But like we are used to with Ed Wood he completely changed the complete idea, making it a semi auto biography about a guy named Glen, played by Ed Wood and his desire to dress in women’s clothing.
This movie also stars Bela ‘Dracula’ Legosi in one of the strangest roles ever played. Bela Lugosi is sitting in a chair trout the whole film. He plays a godlike character who is looking down on the world and on Glenda. But he is known as The Scientist, wich actually makes it even stranger. What purpose he has, I don’t know. A thing that makes this movie even weirder is the narration he gives. He says things like, Beware! Beware of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys... Puppy dog tails, and BIG FAT SNAILS... Beware... Take care... Beware!
What he means with all of these thing, I don’t have the slightest idea. Also another weird scene is when he is saying ‘Pull The String’ while seeing stock footage with bison ? But the strangest part of the entire film is the dream sequence. 15 minutes of things that have nothing to do with each other and just random strike the screen. You see a girl getting whipped on a couch and reactions of Glen, Bela Lugosi and a weird devil looking guy. Apart from that you have people acting like a couple of idiots and to top it all of some very strange striptease dances.
What genre would you classify this, I really don’t know. It has so many aspects of so many different genre’s. Glen Or Glenda is one of the hardest movies to review. Because I really didn’t have a clue about what was going on.
Edward D. Wood Jr. is claimed to be the worst director of all time. He independently produced his own movies, he wrote, directed such masterpieces as Bride Of The Monster and Plan 9 From Outer Space. He was eccentric and is still famous to this day.
The first Ed Wood movie I wanted to review was the 1953 weird film Glen Or Glenda, Wood’s take on transvestites. This movie is produced by George Weiss and with the original intensions to make a biopic about Christine Jorgensen, the fist man ever having a sex change. But like we are used to with Ed Wood he completely changed the complete idea, making it a semi auto biography about a guy named Glen, played by Ed Wood and his desire to dress in women’s clothing.
This movie also stars Bela ‘Dracula’ Legosi in one of the strangest roles ever played. Bela Lugosi is sitting in a chair trout the whole film. He plays a godlike character who is looking down on the world and on Glenda. But he is known as The Scientist, wich actually makes it even stranger. What purpose he has, I don’t know. A thing that makes this movie even weirder is the narration he gives. He says things like, Beware! Beware of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys... Puppy dog tails, and BIG FAT SNAILS... Beware... Take care... Beware!
What he means with all of these thing, I don’t have the slightest idea. Also another weird scene is when he is saying ‘Pull The String’ while seeing stock footage with bison ? But the strangest part of the entire film is the dream sequence. 15 minutes of things that have nothing to do with each other and just random strike the screen. You see a girl getting whipped on a couch and reactions of Glen, Bela Lugosi and a weird devil looking guy. Apart from that you have people acting like a couple of idiots and to top it all of some very strange striptease dances.
What genre would you classify this, I really don’t know. It has so many aspects of so many different genre’s. Glen Or Glenda is one of the hardest movies to review. Because I really didn’t have a clue about what was going on.
In short, trout the film you see the life of Glen and his Wife and Glen's wondling with women's clothing.
But I am a fan of weird films, and this was so weird! I loved it. I give it and 8 out of 10! Go watch it, you’ll love it.
But I am a fan of weird films, and this was so weird! I loved it. I give it and 8 out of 10! Go watch it, you’ll love it.
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