Summary
1959's Plan 9 From Outer Space has been called "the worst film of all time," its creator Edward D. Wood Jr. "the worst director." But Plan 9 and the rest of Wood's canon have since become beloved cult classics. The first of a two-parter of the life and work of Ed Wood, featuring writers Bill Shute and Katharine Coldiron, and family-friend Bob Blackburn.
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| 0:00.0 | For a time, we tried to contact them by radio, but no response. |
| 0:04.8 | Then they attacked a town. |
| 0:07.3 | A small town, I'll admit, but nevertheless a town of people. |
| 0:11.5 | People who died. |
| 0:14.7 | A Thermal is a production of IHeart 3D Audio. |
| 0:19.1 | For full exposure, listen with headphones. |
| 0:26.0 | Every so often, an artist comes along who challenges the core tenets of their media, |
| 0:32.6 | raising questions like, is there such a thing as objective quality in art? What makes something good art or bad |
| 0:40.2 | art? And who's to tell the difference? One such figure was director Edward D. Wood Jr., a legend |
| 0:48.0 | of genre films from the 1950s and 60s. Some would say he's the worst director of all time. |
| 0:56.5 | Others might label Edward as a groundbreaking visionary who did things no other Hollywood contemporary could do. Some are still not |
| 1:02.8 | sure what to think. Today, ephemeral producer Trevor Young takes us on a journey through Wood's |
| 1:09.5 | filmography and wades into the decades-old |
| 1:12.5 | debate on the director's unique output. |
| 1:18.5 | It was the year 1980, Hollywood filmmaking was at an all-time high, with releases that year, |
| 1:26.5 | including The Shining. |
| 1:28.3 | I said, I'm not gonna hurt you. |
| 1:31.3 | I'm just gonna bash your brains. |
| 1:33.3 | And Star Wars, the Empire strikes back. |
| 1:36.3 | He won't be you killed him. |
| 1:38.3 | No, I am the father. |
| 1:42.3 | But despite the recent abundance of fantastic cinema, film critic brothers Harry and Michael Medved |
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