Nightmare of Ecstasy: Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. [Paperback]

Rudolph WOOD(Subject); Grey (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Feral House,U.S. (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0922915040
• ISBN-13: 978-0922915040
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #822,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ecstasy of Jibberish, September 27, 2001

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This review is from: Nightmare of Ecstasy: Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (Paperback)

"Nightmare of Ecstasy" is the only existing chronicle of
Ed Wood, Jr.'s body of cinematic and written work. The problem with it is that the interviews used to tell the story make George W. Bush's oratory skills sound like Shakespeare. In other words, the comments are not very well articulated and thought-out. At times, "Nightmare of Ecstasy" reads like a comic book: full of sentence fragments and incomplete thoughts.

The book's saving grace is that as a whole it paints a complete picture of Mr. Wood's career and personal life. The writer/director's career is extremely complex and has lots of sidebars, but everything seems to be covered. I just wish someone bothered to write a book about Ed Wood, and not assemble a bunch of jibberish.