Dreams with Sharp Teeth

 (2008)


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| May 27, 2009
PopMatters
In fact, there is nothing in the stunning, spellbinding documentary Harlan Ellison:....as being one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, someone who took genre fiction....Ellison is his own best defense.....Said the Ticktockman, UK author Neil Gaiman says it best when he calls everything Ellison does part of an elaborate "performance art" -.... ... Full Review
| May 26, 2009
DVD Talk
this is all about the damned movie..... ... Full Review
| Aug 14, 2008
Dose.ca, Canada
This is a movie about the creative impulse and the artistic experience as a whole. Most bio-docs use the friction between art and the mundane as the central dilemma, urging us to bemoan the fate of the poor, underappreciated artist. ... Full Review
| Aug 14, 2008
Montreal Gazette
a freakishly talented writer....Nelson's crafty piece of filmmaking....a movie about the creative impulse.... ... Full Review
| Aug 01, 2008
DVD Town
It is not, however, the most visually pleasing documentary you will ever see.....And that´s why he makes for a perfect documentary subject.....Or maybe I should simply call it a performance, the best live performance of any kind....even more daring, he once wrote an entire short story.... ... Full Review

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In words often spiked with arsenic or at least acidity, writer Ellison talks more eloquently than most writers write. I know of few movies of any kind that are better at showing how entertaining cranky rants (against mostly deserving targets)... ... Full Article

According to the product description: "Crackling with infectious energy, Dreams with Sharp Teeth pays homage to the dark prince of American letters, Harlan Ellison. Master of his craft, Ellison has heroically produced over 75 books and 1,700 articles on his... ... Full Article

Haven't yet had a chance to see Dreams With Sharp Teeth , the critically well received documentary on Harlan Ellison , America's greatest living sci-fi writer between 4'8" and 5'4", but when I do, I will be very disappointed if... ... Full Article

June 6, 2008 HARLAN Ellison is one hell of a writer. Working on an old typewriter, he has turned out more than 2,000 stories ("Angry Candy," "Deathbird Stories") and written episodes for TV's "The Outer Limits" and "Star Trek," with... ... Full Article

If you're unfamiliar with the product of Harlan Ellison 's 50 years and counting behind a typewriter, you'll know little more about it after leaving Dreams With Sharp Teeth . ... Full Article

Ellison is a mook, but he won't begrudge you for calling him that. With Dreams with Sharp Teeth The Village Voice , director Erik Nelson gives the revered writer a platform to mouth off about his wife and friends, book... ... Full Article

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