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| Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods | |
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| Directed by | Patrick Meaney |
| Produced by | Julian Darius F. J. DeSanto Patrick Meaney Mike Phillips Jordan Rennert Amber Yoder |
| Cinematography | Jordan Rennert |
| Edited by | Patrick Meaney |
Production companies | Sequart Organization, Respect! Films |
| Distributed by | Halo-8 Entertainment |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods is a feature-length documentary that takes an in depth look at the life, career and mind of the Scottish comic book writerGrant Morrison.Talking with Gods features interviews with Morrison and many of their collaborators, such as artists, editors and other industry professionals.
Talking with Gods is the first documentary co-produced bySequart and Respect Films. The film grew out ofOur Sentence is Up: Seeing The Invisibles, a book-length exploration of Morrison's seminal comic book series.[1] After completing the book, Sequart pitched Morrison on the idea of a documentary chronicling their life and work. They agreed, and filming began in April 2009. Over the next year, the filmmakers traveled to Los Angeles, New York, London and Glasgow to interview Morrison's friends and collaborators.
Among those interviewed are Executive Editor ofDC ComicsDan DiDio, andKaren Berger - Executive Editor of DC Comics'Vertigo. Artists interviewed in the film includePhil Jimenez,Jill Thompson,Cameron Stewart,Frazer Irving,Steve Cook, and many others. The film also features interviews with Morrison's collaboratorsGeoff Johns andMark Waid, as well as counterculture personalities likeRichard Metzger andDouglas Rushkoff. The actressAmber Benson is interviewed briefly on the subject of Morrison's comic series,We3.
The film tracks chronologically through Morrison's life, emphasizing the connections between their life and their writing. It follows Morrison's development from being a shy and sometimes depressed teenager with an obsession for comics, through their years of explosive self-realization in the 1990s, ultimately leading to a happy and well adjusted married life in Scotland contemplating the future.
News broke in July 2010 that indie film distributorHalo-8 Entertainment had picked up the film for a November 2010 release at New York Comic-Con, followed by a theatrical release run.[2]
The film premiered to general critical acclaim[citation needed]. It is currently available on DVD, and was also free to stream via Hulu (in North America) and YouTube. The film was followed by a similarly themed documentary onWarren Ellis titledWarren Ellis: Captured Ghosts. The same team is currently working onThe Image Revolution, a documentary history ofImage Comics.