Babineaux Ed Wood

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Ed Wood and Tim Burton's Parallels

With Ed Wood being notoriously known as “the worst director in history” and Tim Burton being known as a stylish genius, one would not think they have much in common. Ed Wood’s films are usually not mistaken as other people’s work, and Tim Burton’s films usually are not either. Both directors have distinct visions that most people do not quite grasp. They both strongly believe in their imagination, and they know what they want. Both artists are very passionate about their work. Wood’s excitement and determination just does not really have a purpose. For example in the film Wood was given a few movie clips that really had no meaning or purpose, but he just sort of threw them in his movies in sort of random places. Burton’s weird ambition is usually followed up with meaning, even if fans do not understand them at first. Ed Wood and Burton are both interested in peculiar topics, and not surprisingly they were both very fond of sci-fi. They are both interested in things such as monsters and outer-space. These subjects always seem to be more of thoughts in the subconscious rather than reality. Another thing that Wood and Burton have in common is them having prominent role models that they almost obsessively loved. Wood’s idol was Bela Lugosi. Lugosi was a famous actor in his time, and he was well-known as playing as Dracula. In his prime he was very popular, but over the years he became poor and unfortunately addicted to drugs. Burton’s idol was the legendary Vincent Price. Both Wood and Burton were able to meet and even work with their childhood stars. Wood actually became friends with Lugosi and put him in his not so prevalent films. Burton got the chance to do the same with Price after he got famous enough. Johnny Depp got a taste of all of those things by playing in Edward Scissorhands and by being Ed in Ed Wood. In the end, we realize that Wood and Burton are just about positivity and doing what they really believe in by forgetting everything society has to say and not taking no for an answer.