The clear precedent for Franco's project is Tim «Speaking of Bad Movies» Burton's Ed Wood (1994), about the cheapo
1950s cult filmmaker Ed Wood (played by Johnny Depp), whose ingenious sense of trash was a source of inspiration for Burton himself.
Mary Harron: A Canadian
filmmaker and screenwriter, known for her socially - conscious independent films such as I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) about Valerie Solanas» life that led up to her failed assassination attempt of Warhol, and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), a film about the
1950s pinup model who became a
cult icon of sexuality and helped popularize pornography.