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 Post subject: "Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods" documentary DVD
PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:25 pm 
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GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS examines Morrison's 30-year career and the real-life events that inspired his stories. Featuring extensive interviews with Morrison himself, the film delves into his early days growing up in Scotland, the start of his career in comics, the crazy years of the '90s as his life and his comics became enmeshed, and his recent attempts to turn personal troubles and social darkness into compelling comics. The film also gives insight into his creative process, including a look into his vaunted idea notebooks.

This is the first ever feature-length documentary on the mysterious and iconic Grant Morrison, one of the most critically-acclaimed and best-selling writers in the history of comics, known for the groundbreaking, counter-cultural THE INVISIBLES and for bold reinventions of superheroes ALL STAR SUPERMAN, ANIMAL MAN, DOOM PATROL, JLA and BATMAN.

Featuring interviews with some of the most popular, influential, and best-selling comics creators, including: Warren Ellis (THE AUTHORITY), Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN), Frank Quitely (NEW X-MEN), Dan DiDio (Senior Vice President, Executive Editor DC Universe), Frazer Irving (IRON MAN), Phil Jimenez (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN), Cameron Stewart (CATWOMAN), Jill Thompson (THE SANDMAN), Mark Waid (THE FLASH).

"I was living it, y'know. I'd become the character. I was going to the places. I was doing the rituals. I was hanging out with the gods and then putting it back in the comic. That one was bringing me to the verge of death." --Grant Morrison

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:18 pm 
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:48 pm 
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Not crazy about the title, but I'm interested in viewing that.

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Very cool - will be checking this out. Their next documentary will focus on Warren Ellis.


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 Post subject: "Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods" documentary DVD
PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:09 pm 
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I'm waiting for "Darin Wagner: Talking With Wadka"

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:05 pm 
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"Michael Golden: Talking with Virue"


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:59 pm 
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John V wrote:
Very cool - will be checking this out. Their next documentary will focus on Warren Ellis.


I'll stay in my bunk, then.

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 Post subject: "Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods" documentary DVD
PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:46 am 
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Here's a clip:


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Excellent clip!

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Here's the trailer:


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 Post subject: "Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods" documentary DVD
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:19 am 
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[edited] Whoops, didn't realize Linda's new post wasn't the first one in the thread. That clip above talking about Superman is pretty great.


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 Post subject: "Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods" documentary DVD
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:00 am 
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I just added it to my Netflix que. No indication on when or if it'll come.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:36 am 
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Speaking of Grant, has anyone purchased the Absolute All Star Superman book? I was going to but can't really justify the cost with all the money we're spending to do the wedding next year and trying to pay down some debt I've accrued this year... but I'm really curious to see the extras this puppy has.


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:45 am 
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So I watched this documentary and I'm a little disappointed with some of the things that he revealed about his experiences, but not gravely so. It was neat to see where and how he lives and it was also neat to see some faces with names... like Frank Quietly, Phil Jimenez, Matt Fraction and Rich Johnston.

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Steve wrote:
"Michael Golden: Talking with Virue"

That one is going to take a few years. He has a couple dozen other videos to do first.

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Pope Krysak wrote:
Steve wrote:
"Michael Golden: Talking with Virue"

That one is going to take a few years. He has a couple dozen other videos to do first.

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 Post subject: "Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods" documentary DVD
PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:15 am 
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I got the DVD on Christmas Eve and watched it Christmas Day night. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I had already read Patrick Meaney's monograph on the Invisibles, Our Sentence Is Up, and he concludes that book with a long interview with Morrison conducted at his LA home which was also filmed. The documentary is made from that interview and a new one conducted at his Scottish home that he's bought with his wife relatively recently and is refurbishing; there are also a bunch of PTCs by artistic collaborators (Quitely, Phil Jimenez, Cameron Stewart, Chris Weston, Jill Thompson, Steve Yeowell and Fraser Irving), writer peers (Mark Waid and Warren Ellis), writer fans (Jason Aaron and Matt Fraction), employers (Dez Skinn, Karen Berger and Dan Didio), critical experts (Tim Callahan), pundits (Rich Johnston), friends and other randomers.

As I say, I enjoyed it, but it was an encomium, a hagiography; Meaney, who didn't appear on camera,* didn't ask any difficult questions of Morrison. I would have liked the film to have had more bite, been that little bit more disinterested in its angle.

Anyway, it's a very enjoyable 80 minutes. I recommend it!

*I much prefer humble presenters who remove themselves from their documentaries.

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 Post subject: "Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods" documentary DVD
PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:30 pm 
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One thing I didn't like was
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the magic/masturbation stuff
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That's just sexed up Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: rewiring your brain, eradicating negative thought patterns and promoting the opposite.

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Is this the first time Morrison revealed the reason for his animosity towards Moore? His MarvelMan story was new to me.

I'm about 20 minutes into it. It's kinda hard to get through it, I find his Scottish accent pretty indecipherable :lol:

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