Colboarder uuf found some information on a currently unreleased documentary on Gahan Wilson, famed cartoonist, in which Stephen Colbert is interviewed about the documentary subject. The Comics Reporter printed an interview with the director of the movie, Steven-Charles Jaffe, and explains some of the different cameos in the movie:
Newsmaker: Steven-Charles Jaffe
By Andrew Farago‘Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird’ is filmmaker Steven-Charles Jaffe‘s documentary featuring one of the most celebrated and iconic American artists of the past half-century. Wilson‘s distinctive cartoons and illustrations have graced the pages of ‘The New Yorker’, ‘Nickelodeon’, ‘Playboy’ and ‘National Lampoon’, but his personal life remains a mystery. Jaffe’s film is a lively and entertaining portrait of the man whom Director Guillermo del Toro honors with the title “the poster child of disenfranchised children.”
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FARAGO: Some of the interview subjects, like Hugh Hefner (Playboy) and Bob Mankoff (cartoon editor of The New Yorker) are obvious choices for a film about Gahan Wilson. What was the reasoning behind the inclusion of Stephen Colbert, Lewis Black and Randy Newman? Was there anything in particular about them that made you feel they’d be fans of Gahan’s work?
JAFFE: I asked myself, if I weren’t making this movie, who would I want to see in it? So I made a list of people that I admire who have a distinct sense of humor and then I set about contacting them and their representatives to see if there would be any interest in giving me an interview. I only guessed that they were fans of Gahan’s.
In fact, I’ve been astonished at how many people in so many different walks of life, have been touched by Gahan’s work. Although not in the movie, Al Gore is a big fan of Gahan’s and has one his cartoons in his home office! I knew Neil Gaiman and Gahan had collaborated in the past, so it wasn’t totally guesswork, but I was so thrilled when Neil agreed to be interviewed.
(h/t Nicole)
Colbert AND Neil Gaiman? I can die happy after seeing this.
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Gahan’s work has always deeply disturbed me. Maybe this documentary will help me put my finger on why. Thanks for the heads up about Stephen’s participation.
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I *knew* this sounded familiar: Jennie first tipped us off to it last September. Interesting to get the additional info, though …
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@MsI:
You know, I should probably read the site sometimes, huh? *headdesk*
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Is this gonna be released soon? It sounds SUPER interesting! :D
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I loved this: “I asked myself, if I weren’t making this movie, who would I want to see in it? So I made a list of people that I admire who have a distinct sense of humor and then I set about contacting them and their representatives to see if there would be any interest in giving me an interview.”
I definitely want to see this documentary.
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