Dreams With Sharp Teeth

If there is a criticism to be lobbed at Nelson's judicious but otherwise highly entertaining tribute, it's that it too often plays the role of the fawning, autograph-hungry fanboy, willing to accept all of the abuse Ellison wishes to hurl at it.

It would seem no easy task conveying the essence of a bigger-than-life figure like Ellison in a 96-minute film. But Nelson, producer of Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man, makes it look easy.

All told, Ellison is a fascinating person to spend 96 minutes with. But you probably shouldn't risk that 97th.

More content to hang out with Ellison ... than systematically pick him apart and put him back together like a jigsaw puzzle.

What makes this bracing documentary, 27 years in the making, is Ellison's incredible personal history.

Ellison arrogante, mal-humorado, impulsivo, auto-indulgente, prolixo e agressivo. ... tambm brilhante, articulado e divertidssimo %u2013 exatamente como este belo documentrio que gira em torno no de sua obra, mas de sua personalidade.

Snappy documentary on prolific writer Harlan Ellison.

As documentaries go, it's a brilliant distillation of a figure of almost impossible scope. Here's hoping it opens Ellison up to a whole new audience - and here's knowing that they won't be ready for him.