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harlan ellison

Harlan Ellison Doc "Dreams With Sharp Teeth" Is All Bark, No Bite

We watched the documentary Dreams With Sharp Teeth about Harlan Ellison at the South by Southwest Film Festival last night, and some of it was impressive, like watching the sharp-penned writer work in a bookstore window in 1994, spending five hours typing a short story so people could see that it's an actual job. However, the film disappointed by refusing to delve into any of the controversy surrounding Ellison at all, turning it into a big fluff piece that basically fails to explain his cranky, world-hating genius. More »

4:30 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,768 views, 33 comments

Latest by etho: I encountered his personality before i encountered his work, which bothers me. I really dislike his personality, and I really dislike his writing, but I always wonder if I would have felt differently about his writing if I hadn't known more »

Tell George Lucas Why Star Wars Sucks Back in 1983 we're sure George Lucas got plenty of snail mail from angry fans telling him how much they hated the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi, and asking him why he killed off Boba Fett in such a lame fashion. Now, 25 years later, he'll be getting another slew of berating fans, this time in the form of a documentary. The People Vs. George Lucas wants you to film interviews with yourself, or others, and send them in. They'll be compiled alongside interviews with "celebrities" where they hope it will end up in theaters. So if you've been posting on message boards for years, seething at Lucas, the prequels, and the special editions, this is your chance to let him have it. [Obsessed With Film]

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in the shadow of the moon

Go Back To Where We Once Feared To Tread

The documentary In The Shadow Of The Moon comes out on DVD in a month, and is well worth picking up. Today we take moon landings for granted, but it's been 35 years since Gene Cernan was the last man on the moon (note for you trivia nuts), and we haven't come close to going back. In the intervening years, we've forgotten just what it took for our country to land people safely on the moon, and bring them back home.
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3:32 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Kevin Kelly
916 views, 12 comments

Latest by regis: I just saw this at this year's boston SF marathon and it was *outstanding* more »

alan moore

Alan Moore Documentary Will Melt Your Eyes And Ears

You may have read Alan Moore's work in Watchmen, Swamp Thing, V For Vendetta, or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but do you know much about the guy behind some of the greatest comics of the turn of the millennium? AlterTube has posted a 2003 documentary about him, which you can watch after the jump. If you haven't seen or heard Moore before, you might be in for a bit of a shock. Or, he might be exactly what you were expecting. More »

8:40 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Kevin Kelly
9,870 views, 22 comments

Latest by agent139: Fo the full story behind the AlterTube posting of the movie and subsequent DOS attacks, go here: [www.alterati.com] You can make up your own mind. more »

harlan ellison

Harlan Ellison Has a Mouth, And He Likes To Use It

The Harlan Ellison documentary Dreams With Sharp Teeth will be part of the SXSW Film Festival in March later this year, and as you can tell from this trailer, it features Harlan Ellison at his most colorful. The documentary began filming in 1981, also features Battlestar Galactica head honcho Ronald D. Moore, author Neil Gaiman, and Robin Williams along with plenty of choice quotes and vintage photos of Ellison himself. More »

8:40 AM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,919 views, 38 comments