Padded with 14 minutes of random stock footage and numerous scenes of Bela Lugosi talking about god only knows what, GLEN OR GLENDA is the so-awful-it's-awesome story of a Police Inspector who, after investigating the suicide of a cross-dresser (who killed himself while wearing women's clothing), goes to a doctor who tells him two different stories. The first is about a straight guy who likes to wear women's clothing and the second is about a dude who has a sex change operation to be a woman.
That sounds pretty straight-forward, but what makes GLEN OR GLENDA such a legendary film is Ed Wood Jr. The guy might not have had much talent, as far as filmmaking goes, but his passion and honesty is abundantly clear. That's not saying GLEN OR GLENDA is a good movie...cause it's not, but it is unique.
Fake-looking sets, amazingly bad dialogue, less than stellar acting, a 13-minute dream-like montage sequence right in the middle of the movie that features everything from Satan to bondage, camera shadow, Glen literally throwing a cigarette inside a store (at 27:20), quick pace, tons of surreal moments, bison running, a woman pronouncing automobiles as "ought-tow-me-bills", the narrator claiming that 7 out of 10 men are bald because of tight-fitting hats.
There is so much going on in the weird little film that one viewing just isn't going to cover it. You're gonna have to watch it at least 3 or 4 times. Recommended for fans of bad movies.
