Showing posts with label Plan 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plan 9. Show all posts

March 14, 2007

Plan 9 From YouTube

Dude, did y'all know that Ed Wood's strange Plan 9 from Outer Space is on YouTube! Like, the entire thing. All 78 minutes of it! If you have only ever seen Tim Burton's wonderful Academy Award-winning Ed Wood then you owe it to yourself (and Burton, since I imagine that was what his motive was all along) to see the movie that inspired it. It's not good. It really isn't. But it's such a bizarre utterly deranged movie that I would definitely call it a must-see. It's fascinating to watch the bits from Ed Wood actually occuring in Plan 9, such as when Tor Johnson's detective character leaves a room, hits the doorframe due to his emmense size which results in the set shaking.

I repeat though, it isn't a good movie. I actually fell asleep during it for several minutes. But it's one of those movies that has such a place in the world of cinema that I really think should be seen. Plus, if you actually find it to be hilarious (I'm sure a few beers could help the cause) then that's pretty awesome, right?

Besides, any movie whose video box claims to "Almost starring Bela Lugosi" has certainly got it's charm.