Harlan Ellison's Watching

Harlan Ellison's Watching (

Synopsis

In the book, Ellison explains how he became a film critic and his views on film criticism in general. Highlights include a thorough savaging of

Ellison also exposes unjust handlings of films like Brazil and Dune by their respective studios. He also championed obscure films that he felt were of exemplary quality, like Big Trouble in Little China, which had "some of the funniest lines spoken by any actor this year to produce a cheerfully blathering live-action cartoon that will give you release from the real pressures of your basically dreary lives" and Joe, which he said was "a visceral experience on a par with going black-belting with Bruce Lee. Joe will kick the shit out of you. It will set the blood slamming against your cranial walls. It will make you as cold as Ultima Thule."

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