But is it the worst filmof all time?
Considering it lacks flying saucers on strings, wobbly set pieces, and awful dialogue?
Okay, maybe the latter but definitely not the first two, so the answer is no.
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Friends, if you’re looking for the worst, you want the films ofEd Wood.
“Plan 9… ah, Yes.
Where does one begin withits cinematic sins?
There’s dialogue dripping with pearls like: “One thing is sure.
Inspector Clay is dead.
And somebody’s responsible.”
Gravestones and other set pieces made of cardboard.
Actors so wooden they make Pinocchio look like a real boy, reading from scripts in their lap.
ButPlan 9started beingshown on late-night television in 1961, and its infamy started to spread.
In 1978, a book byHarry MedvedandRandy Dreyfuss,The Fifty Worst Films of All Timewas published.
But that doesn’t explain whyPlan 9is so entertaining, only that it’s bad.
So, then, why?
Anyone can purposely make a bad film.
No one working onAttack of the Killer Tomatoeshad Oscar aspirations for the film.
Wood, however, had no intention of making a bad film.
He just wanted to make a film, period.
He enjoyed the process of filmmaking so much that the details were secondary to seeing his creation come alive.
Wood used whatever he could, with whatever budget he had.Plan 9has an innocence about it that is refreshing.
