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For No Good Reason
Johnny Depp pays a visit to his friend, artist Ralph Steadman, exploring the career and activism of the renown artist and the last of the original Gonzo visionaries. Terry Gilliam, Richard E. Grant and others also discuss Steadman's art and influence.
5 February 1914, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
21 September 1950, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
5 May 1957, Mbabane, Union of South Africa [now Swaziland]
22 May 1907, Dorking, Surrey, England, UK
1957, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
9 January 1913, Yorba Linda, California, USA
9 June 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
13 February 1933, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK
October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
7 January 1946, New York City, New York, USA
18 July 1937, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
15 May 1936, Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK
22 November 1940, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
October 30, 2014
Despite intending to expand upon Steadman's output and impact, the documentary boils the importance of his oeuvre down to the obvious.
October 10, 2014
Steadman's illustrations could burst with baroque details, but one thing you would never call them is "busy." They had a focus, a mission, that "For No Good Reason" often lacks.
May 22, 2014
This is most worthwhile for its scenes of Steadman at work, flinging ink all over the place and turning the splatter marks into his signature grotesques.
July 11, 2014
A film for admirers of artist Ralph Steadman, people whose politics align with Steadman's politics and the most devoted followers of Steadman's celebrity fan, Johnny Depp.
November 09, 2014
The process of creating a painting isn't as automatically intertesting as, say, that of making a film, but...the technical and artistic inspirations that fuel an artist can sometimes be as fascinating as the finished work.
August 15, 2014
[For No Good Reason] paints a strong portrait of the illustrator through archival footage, photography, and long discussions with Steadman about his artistic process.
May 29, 2014
The film makes it clear that not only was Steadman perfect for Thompson's work (and a big part of his success), his work stands on its own artistically.
October 29, 2014
It's satisfying that the film exists, as an overdue tribute to an artist who can be appreciated even by those with limited patience for Thompson's posturing prose.
May 16, 2014
For No Good Reason sidelines Steadman's own bona fides, functioning primarily as a second-hand documentary of Thompson, stoking the hagiography of the late hipster icon.
May 29, 2014
Giving an overlooked luminary his due is reason enough for "For No Good Reason."
June 05, 2014
Meet Ralph Steadman and his nightmare visions of a world in pain, revealed in a mesmerizing documentary.
May 29, 2014
As wonderful as it is to watch the man work, and to review many of the startling images he created over the years, the film has its dead spots.