Animated by a singularly subversive spirit, the fiendishly
intelligent works of Stuart Gordon (1947-2020) are distinguished by
their arrant boldness and scab-picking wit. Provocative gems such
as Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dolls, The Pit and the Pendulum, and
Dagon consolidated his fearsome reputation as one of the masters of
the contemporary horror film, bringing an unfamiliar archness,
political complexity, and critical respect to a genre so often
bereft of these virtues. A versatile filmmaker, one who resolutely
refused to mellow with age, Gordon proved equally adept at crafting
pointed science fiction (Robot Jox, Fortress, Space Truckers),
sweet-tempered fantasy (The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit), and
nihilistic thrillers (King of the Ants, Edmond, Stuck), customarily
scrubbing the sharply drawn lines between exploitation and arthouse
cinema. The first collection of interviews ever to be published on
the director, Stuart Gordon: Interviews contains thirty-six
articles spanning a period of fifty years. Bountiful in anecdote
and information, these candid conversations chronicle the
trajectory of a fascinating career-one that courted controversy
from its very beginning. Among the topics Gordon discusses are his
youth and early influences, his founding of Chicago's legendary
Organic Theatre (where he collaborated with such luminaries as Ray
Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, and David Mamet), and his transition into
filmmaking where he created a body of work that injected fresh
blood into several ailing staples of American cinema. He also
reveals details of his working methods, his steadfast relationships
with frequent collaborators, his great love for the works of
Lovecraft and Poe, and how horror stories can masquerade as
sociopolitical commentaries.
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