Ellison Talks Spielberg’s War

June 28, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Heh. I love this line:
“No, you puss-bag. It’s H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, and it wouldn’t kill you to put his f–king name on it.”
Sci Fi Wire — The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
SF writer Harlan Ellison questioned why director Steven Spielberg didn’t give more credit to fellow author H.G. Wells in his upcoming film adaptation of The War of the Worlds. Speaking to SCI FI Wire at Enigma Con at the University of California, Los Angeles, Ellison said: “What annoys me is that Spielberg is such an egomaniac these days that it has to be ‘Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds. No, you puss-bag. It’s H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, and it wouldn’t kill you to put his f–king name on it.”
Ellison, author of such books as I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, added: “That shows his arrogance. It’s like Disney. Disney didn’t write Snow White or Robin Hood or Bambi, but it’s ‘Walt Disney’s universe.’ It’s the universe according to frozen Walt.”
Ellison hosted a 90-minute panel at the conference, which he titled “How Does SF Stay in Business in a World of Marching Morons?” “Spielberg is only a craftsman, that’s all he is,” Ellison said. “He’s not a genius. He’s not a trendsetter. There isn’t one moment of any Spielberg film … that matches the least moment of a Kurosawa film. Kurosawa was a blinding genius of cinema. His vision was astonishing.”

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