I recently saw my first, and hopefully last, film by Ed Wood, Bride of the Monster. This film producer is famous for being the worst one ever. His films are really low budget. The plots are idiotic. The actors are for the most part abysmal, and the "special" effects would make a child feel embarrassed because of their simplicity.
So, why do we admire him? Why did Tim Burton make a film about this failure, and why did Johnny Depp star in this award winning film about the worst of the worst?
Anyone could produce such a bad film as Bride of the Monster. In fact, most of us are potentially even worse film producers, and that is the reason we do not enter the business.
The amazing thing with Ed Wood was not that he was bad, but that he had the tenacity to go on and gather money to produce new films, in spite of his mediocrity.
What we admire is his energy to produce anything that bad.
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