Harry Knowles

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I was their experiment. . .They unleashed everything on me. I saw porn, all the Universal monster movies, all the Charlie Chan films, all the Sherlock Holmes things, all the Fred and Ginger movies. Film for me became how I related to everything else.

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By: Harry Knowles

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Ain't It Cool News founder Harry Knowles talking about how his parents raised him in Austin, Texas. They were described as hippie aesthetes who opened Austin's first movie memorabilia, pulp fiction and comics shop.

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