The film "Ed Wood," is a biopic telling the story of a Hollywood director who aspires to greatness, yet in actuality, he writes and directs terrible, critically panned movies. While the plot of the movie is intriguing and the performances of Johnny Depp and Martin Landau are exceptional, the reflexivity throughout this film is fascinating and gives the audience a deeper look into Hollywood and the people involved in the movie business. The film calls attention to its technique, using various traits of film noir with the distinct use of shadows and lighting. Tim Burton, the director of this film, also explains how celebrities do not have a long shelf life in Hollywood and that the majority of actors and actresses will eventually be forgotten. I found myself having more fun making connections to the other films we have seen in the second half of this semester and making note of the reflexive elements throughout the film rather than focusing on the story itself. Towards the beginning of the film, Ed catches a conversation between two female workers discussing an article in Variety saying that Christy Jorgensen was going to get his/her own biopic. Hearing this, Ed takes an interest in directing this film and decides to go to meet movie producer George Weiss. The reflexivity here is that the movie Ed Wood itself is a biopic and here we see Ed in his own biopic taking an interest in another celebrity's biopic. There are numerous similarities between "Sullivan's Travels" and "Ed Wood." The most obvious comparison between the two is that both movies are centered around a director in Hollywood trying to make a movie. There are different circumstances involving the issue of making their own movies (Sullivan wanting to experience the life of a hobo and Wood always in need of financial backing) but both exhibits the extremes directors will go to create a film. Both movies also have a strong Orson Welles and "Citizen Kane" influence. In the beginning of "Sullivan's Travels," we see the big finale of a movie and, like the newsreel scene in "Citizen Kane," find ourselves in a projection room with shadows and dialogue in the way of the projector. However, there are far more references to "Citizen Kane" and Orson Welles used in "Ed Wood." Ed is constantly name dropping Orson Welles throughout the movie and his admiration for the man is obvious when we see a shot of a "Citizen Kane" poster in Ed's house. There is also an actual scene of Ed meeting Orson Welles in a bar after throwing a fit on-set where they discuss the