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A great eccentric - but he touched a nerve!,
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This review is from: Famous Monster - Forrest J. Ackerman [DVD] [2007] (DVD)
Forrest J Ackerman (one affectation was that he never put a full stop after the 'J', which wasn't really his middle initial anyway), had he been British, might have lived out his life as a harmless oddball. Instead, of course, he was an American and effectively invented fandom. He amassed the biggest collection of science fiction, horror and fantasy memorabilia on the planet at his Hollywood home before losing almost all of it late on in life to pay for a horrifying expensive court case.
This DVD is fascinating and features top directors such as John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, National Lampoon's Animal House) and Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling) reminiscing about the man. To visit his house-cum-museum when it was at its height must have been like stumbling upon Aladdin's Cave. What do we learn from all this? Do what makes you happy. And the biggest vampires work for the legal profession...particularly in America.
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Terrific DVD homage to an amazing man!,
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This review is from: Famous Monster - Forrest J. Ackerman [DVD] [2007] (DVD)
This video includes a great mix of historical photographs and current interviews. FJA could have been a reclusive collector, sharing his thoughts and artifacts with only his close friends and well known individuals, but instead he was open and sharing with anyone who was willing to look and listen. I had the great privilege to meet him several times and he always treated you as the most important person in the world while talking with you even if the room was full of other people eager for his time. It was saddening to see him after the stroke because it left him physically frail but it was wonderful to see that his wit and memory had not left him. I was surprised and pleased with the included interviews where he would simply recite lines from movies, speak in Esperanto or sing tunes from old musicals. I hope all his horror and sci-fi fans will purchase this moving tribute.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Poignant story of "Mr Sci-Fi".,
By Fan of the classics. "Film fan" (South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Famous Monster - Forrest J. Ackerman [DVD] [2007] (DVD)
Forrest J Ackerman became almost as famous as some of the people he loved to write about in his long-running "Famous Monsters" magazine. His home became a place that horror and science fiction fans would visit, a pilgrimage to meet the man himself, and to see his huge collection of memorabilia. He comes across as a kind person, more than happy to show his collection to visitors, and to tell of his many meetings with stars of the screen and of literature. I still remember the magazine, and his puns in the titles. The magazine sold in such large numbers that it became a part of countless young lives from the 1950s onwards, and is still fondly remembered.
This is a poignant tribute to a lovely man who I am sure left many sad fans when he passed away a few years ago. Extra features include interviews with fans and some actors and people associated with the hobby of collecting horror memorabilia. It was interesting to see a chat with the actress Carla Laemmle, who is still living, now aged over 100, and who must surely be the last living link to old classics such as Phantom of the Opera, and Dracula.
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