Ed Wood

""Beautifully written, intelligently funny, packed with surprising facts on every page, and composed with a sensitive love for his subject that is neither cultishly worshipful nor patronizing for the sake of a laugh . . . An astonishing achievement."" —Guy Maddin ""Will Sloan’s complex, deep-dive examination of this unique and eccentric filmmaker is now the definitive book on the often maligned Ed Wood."" —Drew Friedman ""Such thought-provoking analyses add up to a captivating portrait of an 'accidental avant-gardiste.' Fans of movies so bad they’re good won’t be disappointed."" —Publishers Weekly  ""The book we have always needed on Ed Wood. Will Sloan does away with easy distinctions of 'bad' and 'good' art and finds a much more useful category of criticism: 'fascination'."" —Willow Maclay, co-author of Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema ""A welcome addition to the Ed Wood, Jr. canon . . . fair and analytical."" —Bob Blackburn, editor of Blood Splatters Quickly: The Collected Stories of Edward D. Wood, Jr. and heir of Kathleen O'Hara Wood ""It's an extraordinary life and Sloane's amused, quizzical but deeply sympathetic approach catches just the right tone"" —Sight and Sound ""This vital monograph on Wood and his world is not so much a piece of cinephile revisionism as it is an example of a critic striving for some semblance of intellectual objectivity while also attempting to drown out the din of unhelpful legend"" —Little White Lies ""Will Sloan has masterfully constructed a truly compelling, humorous and scholarly appreciation of Ed Wood’s oeuvre, maintaining that his poverty-row productions represent surreal 'dreamscapes.' It’s the most important work on Ed Wood yet, and an immensely entertaining must-read for anyone who loves bad movies."" —Harry & Michael Medved, The Golden Turkey Awards ""An empathetic, critical analysis of Wood’s body of work."" —The Globe and Mail ""An affable and stylish writer, Sloan insists that Wood is worth taking seriously as an artist, not just as a phenomenon."" —LA Review of Books ""Will Sloan is one of the most entertaining and insightful cinema voices...so it is saying something when I tell you that Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA is his finest achievement yet."" —The Film Stage ""Sloan’s path with Wood traces how culture has shifted – from mocking his failures to searching out what’s personal, even moving, in his work."" —The Globe and Mail