Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Marynewcomb2013 You have to watch & understand Ed's movies from his point of view. He did have vision for his films but just never had the budget.

hrkepler 'Glen or Glenda' is legendary Ed Wood's first feature film as director/writer/actor. The film was originally meant to be based on the life of Christine Jorgensen produced by George Weiss. Wood convinced Weiss the he would be the best guy to direct such film, because he himself was a transvestite. So, Wood wrote the screenplay and 'Glen or Glenda' became semi-autobiographical docudrama that actually touched the subject of sex change briefly. What a rebel filmmaking!Widely considered as the worst film ever made. Well, I personally don't think so. 'Glen or Glenda' is incoherent mess, badly written and directed with lousy editing and awful acting mixed with stock-footage, but there is some certain charm in that movie. The heart of the filmmaker. And all that mess has a clear and strong message. If this film would have been directed by some renowned artist/writer/director 'Glen or Glenda' would be considered as an avant garde masterpiece.Edward D. Wood Jr. was untalented in every aspect of filmmaking (well, maybe as an actor he might have had a chance) and he proved it with his later efforts, but the man was in love of movies (and angora sweaters). If 'Glen and Glenda' would have stayed as his only directorial work the film would be considered the work of a genius. I actually think it anyway - the surreal scene with a man whipping a woman, and other women dancing and in the bondage, is just magnificent.Unintentionally funny ans surreal, but deliberately enjoyable mess.P.S. And all of you who think I'm nuts (I might be), 'Glen or Glenda' is one of the favorite films of no other than legendary David Lynch.

Dalbert Pringle Ah!... To be a transvestite, or to not be a transvestite - That, of course, is the #1 question here in 1953's "Glen or Glenda?".And if director/writer/actor, Ed Wood (who starred as this film's title character) had actually shown some signs of having a real personality - Then, maybe, just maybe, this dead-end psycho-drama about "angora sweater" fetish, and such, may have been worth a serious view.Filmed in just 4 days (and, didn't it show it?) on a budget of $20,000 (it looked more like a budget of only $200 to me) - I cannot believe that back in the paranoid 1950's - This demented, little tale highlighting the whining and snivelling of a heterosexual, male, transvestite actually got theatrical release at all - (It sure is beyond my comprehension) - But theatrical release it certainly got.... (Perhaps "Glen or Glenda?" was marketed as one of those "stranger-than-fiction" novelty pictures, or something) Anyway - For anyone who's at all interested in viewing this cross-eyed soap opera about exorcising one's cross-dressing demon - It certainly does contain its fair share of unintentional humour - And (as an added bonus) - A "Happily-Ever-After" ending that's hastily thrown into the mix, for good measure.

gavin6942 A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda), the other of a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).Ed Wood is often seen as a bad director, and this is often seen as a bad film (though not his worst). As I type this, IMDb gives it a 4.4 out of 10. Not atrocious, but still low. In my opinion, much too low.Yes, it is campy and is bloated with stock footage and scenes of Bela Lugosi that make no sense. But it also happens to be fun. And even if the science is not necessarily correct (I have my doubts about "curing" transvestites), it does have a favorable and progressive approach to gender that had to be unequaled in 1953.