Episode 73: Keith Gordon
Bill speaks to actor and filmmaker Keith Gordon about his life and career, from making Super 8 shorts and interning at MOMA’s film archives after school to acting in Off-Broadway plays and Hollywood movies like JAWS 2, ALL THAT JAZZ, DRESSED TO KILL and CHRISTINE, to directing independent films like THE CHOCOLATE WAR, A MIDNIGHT CLEAR and WAKING THE DEAD and television series like BETTER CALL SAUL and FARGO. Topics include: Stanley Kubrick, Billy Crudup, DRESSED TO KILL controversies, Joan Micklin Silver, STATIC, making independent films in the 1980s vs. the 1990s, Keith’s filmed appreciations for Indicator/Powerhouse Blu-Rays, working in television, HOME MOVIES, deleted scenes, DVDBeaver, Nicolas Roeg, recording director’s commentaries and the nature of memory.
Watch Keith Gordon on BLUE COLLAR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzVpOct_O8
Buy THE CHOCOLATE WAR on Blu-Ray:
https://mvdshop.com/products/the-chocolate-war-blu-ray?_pos=1&_sid=082406b4d&_ss=r
Buy Film Focus: Jennifer Connelly (1991 – 2003) on Blu-Ray:
https://viavision.com.au/shop/film-focus-jennifer-connelly-1991-2003-imprint-collection-240-242/
Read “The Many Acts of Keith Gordon” by David Obuchowski:
https://longreads.com/2018/01/25/the-many-acts-of-keith-gordon/
Watch John Carpenter, Alexandra Paul, John Stockwell and Keith Gordon discuss CHRISTINE at the 2010 Texas Frightmare Weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EztyuCwyYag
Hear Keith Gordon discuss underrated films of the 1960s on Director’s Club:
https://directorsclub.substack.com/p/episode-201-keith-gordon-underrated-6bc
Hear Keith Gordin on The Projection Booth podcast:
https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/search/label/Keith%20Gordon?m=0
Hear The Kubrick Series Uncut by Movie Geeks United with Keith Gordon:
https://www.moviegeeksunited.com/thekubrickseriesuncut3
Hear Keith Gordon on The Movies That Made Me podcast:
