Ed Wood (1994 Tim Burton)

Had been wanting to rewatch it, then heard Martin Landau had died - it's a fitting tribute. It was an ironic shock to see how he is credited:

His performance as Lugosi is absolutely wonderful (he won the Golden Globe and Oscar) and with the benefit of Rick Baker's make-up (also won Oscar) you frequently forget it is he.

From a biography by Rudolph Grey ('Nightmare of Ecstasy'), written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Film was nominated for the Palme d'Or and is beautifully made (continuous seeming track through credits, for example) and photographed (by Stefan Czapsky - also Vampire's Kiss and Edward Scissorhands) in pin sharp black and white, like a beautifully restored 50s film.

Johnny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Bill Murray, Vincent D'Onofrio (Orson Welles), Lisa Marie (Vampira).

At an hour and 45 we found it was running out of steam - or we were. Two hours is too long?

'Give me a script in three days - we've got five days to film it.' It's that kind of joyous madness. 'A second take? What for?'