Stephen Gaghan, an Oscar winner for Traffic and writer/director of George Clooney's latest, Syriana, gave an incredible interview to Cinematical's James Rocchi. In this, the first part of two, the filmmaker discusses the relationship between oil and crack, why he's convinced Karl Rove sleeps upside down, and why James' theory that Syriana could be conceived as a prequel to Mad Max is not at all far off.