Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen (2004)

Director:

Michael Palm

Writer:

Michael Palm (writer)

Release Date:

4 September 2004 (Germany)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A documentary about the "King of B-Movies", Edgar G. Ulmer. It includes interviews with well-known filmmakers Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, Wim Wenders, Joe Dante, and Ulmers's daughter, Arianne Ulmer. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Peter Bogdanovich	...	Himself
Christian Cargnelli	...	Himself
John Carradine	...	(archive footage)
Robert Clarke	...	(archive footage)
Roger Corman	...	Himself
Joe Dante	...	Himself
Margaret Field	...	(archive footage)
Stefan Grissemann	...	Himself
Alexander Horwath	...	Himself
Noah Isenberg	...	Himself
Boris Karloff	...	(archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr	...	(archive footage)
John Landis	...	Himself
Jimmy Lydon	...	Himself
Gregory W. Mank	...	Himself
Peter Marshall	...	Himself
Tom Neal	...	(archive footage)
Michael Omasta	...	Himself
Michael Palm	...	Himself
Jean Parker	...	(archive footage)
George Sanders	...	(archive footage)
Ann Savage	...	Herself
John Saxon	...	Himself
William Schallert	...	Himself
Betta St. John	...	(archive footage)
Arianne Ulmer	...	Herself (as Arianne Ulmer Cipes)
Edgar G. Ulmer	...	Himself (voice)
Tom Weaver	...	Himself
Wim Wenders	...	Himself

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA | Austria | Germany

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour | Black and White

Company:

Edgar G. Ulmer Preservation Corporation

Disappointing

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off Camera (2004)

** (out of 4)

After having its Turner Classic Movie premiere canceled for some reason, this documentary is finally seeing the light of day through Kino. I'm not sure why it was canceled but the thing comes as a major disappointment. Greg Mank, Tom Weaver, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Wim Winders, John Saxon, Peter Bogdanovich and other discuss the "B" movie director who many consider a genius. I'm not that big of a fan of Ulmer so I was hoping this documentary would show me what I was missing but it certainly didn't do that. All of those giving interviews seem to not know what to say and for the most part they don't say a thing. We get clips from films like The Black Cat, The Man From Planet X and various others but that's about it. I'm sure Mank and Weaver had stuff to say about these films but they give comments like "that was creepy". Bogdanovich has a taped interview with Ulmer, which gets played some throughout the documentary but not enough because what he says is a lot more interesting than anything else here.