Austinist: Interview: Bruce Campbell

KatyG

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:22:44 -0600

Thanks for the insight!

Jooley Ann

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:50:00 -0600

*sigh* Bruce Campbell can kick me in front of a bus any day.

seth

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:04:41 -0600

Harry is a guy who has been able to bring excitement and attention to his life by publishing a website with his friends. For that, I'm happy. As for his actual knowledge and/or taste in films goes, Harry and his site are useless. Unlike professional film reviewers who are actual journalists, Harry's writing lacks any of the ethics that would protect his reviews from seduction by crafty PR hacks. They invite him on set to interview cast members. Hot movie star actresses dance with him at wrap parties (that was before his weight put him in a wheelchair). He gets flown to premieres, all of this free to him. So it's no wonder that he's loathe to criticize these real garbage movies. Who do you think is providing him all those secret scoops on pre-production & production details? The same PR hacks that get paid to generate buzz about movies! I don't know anybody who hates Harry Knowles. Most people I know in Austin aren't aware of him and the people who are don't spend much time thinking about him. He's a colorful character, who fits in well with this town's colorful character habitat. Seth

KatyG

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:31:50 -0600

seth, I've been reading that gentleman's site for longer than I care to admit, and I've always wondered: do Austinites like, hate, or don't know/care about him? And thank you a thousand times for that factoid. What a useful bit of info to have...

seth

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:26:41 -0600

Just to clarify something for the people who have no understanding of this hidden underworld.... You know that morbidly-obese Austinite who has that movie-related website named after a dialogue line from John Woo's second-worst movie?!? Yeah, well, that ultimate fan-boy gave a little introduction when Bruce was in town hosting a screening of all three Evil Dead films. In the presentation, boy movie genius admitted that he had never seen the original Evil Dead. That is like movie-101 and this ship's anchor hadn't scene it. Kind of explains why he liked Godzilla 2000... Seth