Nightmare of Ecstasy

Nightmare of Ecstasy PDF Author: Rudolph Grey
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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The Life and Art of Edward D Wood This is an updated edition of the biography of cult American film maker Ed Wood which formed the basis of the film Ed Wood' starring Johnny Depp, Bill Murray and Patricia Arquette. It examines one of Hollywood's most iconoclastic, tragic figures: director, screenwriter, pornographer and hellraiser as well as master of outrageous kitsch, absurd supernatural horror and campy suspense. A hilarious and heart-breaking portrayal of a brave eccentric and sometimes insane film maker.'

Nightmare of Ecstasy

Nightmare of Ecstasy PDF Author: Rudolph Grey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Book Description
The Life and Art of Edward D Wood This is an updated edition of the biography of cult American film maker Ed Wood which formed the basis of the film Ed Wood' starring Johnny Depp, Bill Murray and Patricia Arquette. It examines one of Hollywood's most iconoclastic, tragic figures: director, screenwriter, pornographer and hellraiser as well as master of outrageous kitsch, absurd supernatural horror and campy suspense. A hilarious and heart-breaking portrayal of a brave eccentric and sometimes insane film maker.'

The Unknown War of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

The Unknown War of Edward D. Wood, Jr. PDF Author: James Pontolillo
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548869472
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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It's been almost 40 years since the passing of maverick author and director Edward D. Wood, Jr., on December 10, 1978. Fate was seemingly cruel to Eddie, denying him and his work any meaningful recognition during his lifetime, but in the years since his death, a sizable cult-following has emerged. That cult initially focused on Eddie as the "worst director of all time" and his piece-de-resistance Plan 9 from Outer Space as the "worst movie of all time." While the study of Eddie's films, novels and short stories has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent decades, our knowledge of the man himself has remained stagnant. Over the years a mythology around Eddie's military service during the Second World War has been built up and repeated without critical examination. For the first time ever, The Unknown War of Edward D. Wood, Jr. uses official records to provide a factual account of Eddie's critical years in the U.S. Marine Corps (1942-1946). These records reveal to us an Eddie that has remained completely hidden from view until now. Everything you think you know about Eddie and his part in the Second World War will undergo a radical transformation as you read this book. It is not for the faint-hearted! Our understanding of not only Eddie's service in the military, but also our understanding of him as an all-too-human human being, will from this point forward never be the same. Read on and, as Eddie himself would have said, be shocked by the true and startling facts of the military service of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

Blood Splatters Quickly

Blood Splatters Quickly PDF Author: Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Publisher: OR Books
ISBN: 1939293626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Even if you think you don’t know him, you know him. Few in the Hollywood orbit have had greater influence; few have experienced more humiliating failure in their lifetime. Thanks in part to the biopic directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp and bearing his name, Ed Wood has become an icon of Americana. Perhaps the purest expression of Wood’s théma—pink angora sweaters, over-the-top violence and the fraught relationships between the sexes—can be found in his unadulterated short stories, many of which (including “Blood Splatters Quickly”) appeared in short-lived “girly” magazines published throughout the 1970s. The 32 stories included here, replete with original typos, lovingly preserved, have been verified by Bob Blackburn, a trusted associate of Kathy Wood, Ed’s widow. In the forty years or more since those initial appearances in adult magazines, none of these stories has been available to the public. Wood died in 1978, but the legacy of the director of “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” “Glen or Glenda,” “Jail Bait” and so many other beloved screen classics has only grown in importance. Wood speaks—not least for himself—as one of America’s “outsiders” caught up in the struggle to find acceptance inside—and never more directly than in the material in this book.

Angora Fever

Angora Fever PDF Author: Ed Wood
Publisher: Bearmanor Bare
ISBN: 9781629334462
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Edward D. Wood, Jr. was a name forgotten in the history of Hollywood until the release of the 1994 Tim Burton biopic, Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp as Ed, and Martin Landau as the horror icon Bela Lugosi, a role for which Landau received the Academy Award. Following service with the U.S. Marines during World War II, Ed followed his dream to Hollywood, hoping to achieve success as a movie director. Ed did realize his goal but his talents did not match his ambitions. Working with practically nonexistent budgets, he directed movies ignored in their day but have since become recognized as cult classics: Glen or Glenda, Bride of The Monster, Orgy of The Dead, and his most "infamous" production: Plan 9 From Outer Space. Barely skimping by on his movie earnings, Ed turned to writing a series of lurid paperbacks with such titles as "Black Lace Drag," "Let Me Die In Drag" and "Devil Girls." His professional decline continued when he worked for a skin magazine publisher in the late 60's, churning out copy and short fiction in prodigious amounts, an amazing accomplishment considering that by this point Ed Wood had become a serious alcoholic. Edited and with a foreword by Bob Blackburn, a close friend of Ed's widow Kathy, these later stories penned by Ed Wood have finally been collected in this exclusive volume.

Killer in Drag

Killer in Drag PDF Author: Ed Wood, Jr.
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
ISBN: 9781568581200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Meet Ed Wood's alter ego Glen/Glenda, whose ravishing beauty and musical voice bewitch every male in sight. Impeccably attired in either gender, hired assassin Glen becomes Glenda when it's time to work. But big trouble starts when Glenda decides to give up the murder racket, take up with a sugar daddy, and finance a sex change operation.

Muddled Mind

Muddled Mind PDF Author: David C. Hayes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781605430546
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Hollywood Rat Race

Hollywood Rat Race PDF Author: Edward Davis Wood
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9781568581194
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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In a previously unpublished memoir/manual, the king of B horror movies exposes the ruthless realm of moviemaking and introduces the magic and mayhem of Hollywood

Forced Entry

Forced Entry PDF Author: John Quinn
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781693246074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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A man named Ralph begins to question his sexuality after touching his wife's negligée. The sordid story deals with the continuing change that occurs in the patterns of behavior of a society in search of itself.

Black Lace Drag

Black Lace Drag PDF Author: Ed Wood Jr
Publisher: Creation Oneiros Scorpionic
ISBN: 9781902197555
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A transvestite assassin with a fur-fetish, on the run from both police and the mob, buys a run-down travelling carnival and goes into hiding with a small-town hooker while his twin personalities -- Glen and Glenda -- continually vie for psychological supremacy. With a supporting cast of hoodlums, predatory queens, rapist farmers, sideshow freaks and corrupt rapist cops, Ed Wood's first published novel, BLACK LACE DRAG -- also known as Killer In Drag -- moves from scenario to sleazy scenario with all the deranged logic and fetishistic detail of his finest movies.

The Golden Turkey Awards

The Golden Turkey Awards PDF Author: Harry Medved
Publisher:
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Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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