The actor considers this Tim Burton film to be “an American classic”
The race of Johnny Depp He is still going through a very delicate moment. The legal dispute he had with Amber Heard It contributed to greatly damaging his image and he was away from the cameras for a while, although it seems that he is returning little by little.
He recently released ‘Jeanne du Barry’, with which he opened the Cannes Film Festival last year, and although he claims that he has closed the doors to Hollywood, it seems that it is only a matter of time before more international projects arrive. Of course, he previously starred in dozens of films and Depp is quite clear about which is the best of all of them.
“An American classic”
We have to go back to a 2009 article for EW in which Johnny Depp reviewed his essential films, songs and books, surprising that among the first he chose one that had himself as the protagonist. The work in question is ‘Ed Wood’ and this is what the actor commented about her:
“This film is a tender and comedic gem despite my involvement. Martin Landau, Bill Murray and others are an incredible cast, but of course with Tim there is an almost brotherly sensibility, which made the whole experience a pleasure. Ultimately, I think that, with the artistic freedom that we had, Tim Burton made an American classic. A love letter to a filmmaker who didn’t receive many.”
Released in 1994, ‘Ed Wood’ received almost unanimous applause from critics, but the public did not show special interest in this biopic, which many came to consider as the worst director of all time. Unfortunately, the film directed by Tim Burton crashed at the box office, as it had worldwide revenues of almost 14 million dollars when its budget had gone up to 18 million.
‘Ed Wood’ thus became Burton’s first failure, who had previously only tasted the honeys of success with ‘Pee Wee’s Big Adventure’, ‘Bitelchús’, ‘Batman’, ‘Edward Scissorhands’ and ‘Batman Returns’. And then he chained another failure at the box office with ‘Mars Attacks’, having to wait until 1999 to once again score a commercial triumph with ‘Sleepy Hollow’.
However, there was also good news for ‘Ed Wood’, as he managed to win two Oscars, for best makeup and best supporting actor for Martin Landau, who managed to beat some tough competitors including Samuel L. Jackson for ‘Pulp Fiction’, Chazz Palminteri for ‘Bullets Over Broadway’, Paul Scofield for ‘Quiz Show (The Dilemma)’ and Gary Sinise by ‘Forrest Gump’.
For me I am quite clear that ‘Ed Wood’ is one of Johnny Depp’s best films, although I’m not sure it’s number 1; that honor surely belongs to ‘Edward Scissorhands’, where it was also directed by Tim Burton.
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