Edward Gorey Interview #1

The late illustrator Edward Gorey having lunch at Jack's Outback in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Raw footage from our upcoming feature-length documentary about the artist shot from 1996 to his death in April, 2000. A Mooncusser Film directed by Christopher Seufert. View project updates at http://www.EdwardGoreyFilm.com

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[thetruthprevails]

is he gay?

[mooncusser]

You could say that he was asexual. He did not like to answer that question either way.

[MerronysMoll]

I'm a big fan of Edward Gorey, but he's not that well known in the UK - will this film be available over here?

[mooncusser]

Hi Molly,

Yes it will be, first on DVD and download at Amazon, most notably. It's a long time coming so we'll get a lot of enjoyment out of having people see this.  Thanks for your interest!

[theeffervis]

This is great. I can't wait to see the whole film. I would also like to take this time to brag and say that I have an autographed copy of "The Doubtful Guest." yeah.

[mooncusser]

Thanks for your feedback everyone. YouTube is so full of spam comments it's so refreshing to get actual intelligent comments. We will get this movie out. Edward was at the end a hilarious person and someone very much missed.

best,

Christopher Seufert, Director

[bababrassknuckles]

He was quoted in an interview saying "I'm neither one thing nor the other particularly. I am fortunate in that I am apparently reasonably undersexed or something...I've never said that I was gay and I've never said that I wasn't...what I'm trying to say is that I am a person before I am anything else...."

[GeorgeThePirateKing]

I always imagined him with a dreary posh English accent. wow amazing writer though! :)

[ShiksaWithChutzpah1]

I'm really really really looking forward to the release of your Edward Gorey documentary! :)

[iammoog]

i LOVE EG. I'm amazed you geot him to interview as he was notoriously reclusive no? How did that come about. Can't wait to see the film.

[daviddepercy]

My best friend's brother had a little book called "The Gorey Alphabet" in the late 1960's. This same young man drove into a vertical overpass column on the highway on his 21st birthday, after having listened to the Beatles' " A Day in the Life", over and over again that day. Now. 4 decades later, I find it fascinating to see and hear Mr. Gorey on Youtube. My friend was artistic and also British. It all seems to fit together for me, sad though it is.

[evileyez504]

@GeorgeThePirateKing i seriously thought he would .. sound like something out a tim burton flick..im so shocked

[Matasoga]

@GeorgeThePirateKing

That's so funny. I always imagined him that way, too. I was rather surprised to hear how different his voice was from my imaginings.

[Matasoga]

@mooncusser

No, according to what I've read about him, he was indeed gay... Though I can't site my sources offhand.

[MrFalconford]

What a kind and giving soul.

[curtisrunstedler]

I can see why he didn't like children that much...he's very impatient, and it looks like he gets annoyed by people very easily :P

[debbiechickie5]

@thetruthprevails ya think?

[lorikirstein]

Honestly, who cares what he did or didn't do with his sexuality? I'm so in awe of his humor and his artistry and his being a successful and recognized and respected artist, rather than a starving artist. Lovely man, apparently.