Conference noted::sf

    Since .0 brought it up ;-), is any of his works on video tape???
    
    							thanks, /alan
    

    re:.1
    
    Jittlov used to (maybe still does, but I don't get the magazines
    anymore) advertise in STARLOG and/or FANTASTIC FILMS, selling
    copies of some of his works on 16mm film. When I saw him at a con
    a short while later, I asked him if it was possible to get them
    on videotape. He said he didn't want to sell them on tape because
    they're too easy to make copies from. Not that making a copy of
    a 16mm film onto videotape isn't easy, but Joe Average doesn't
    have the equipment to do so.
    
    He may have changed his mind since then, but I doubt it.
    
    --- jerry
    
    On the other hand, I do still have a tape I made of a Disney program
    on special effects for which Jittlov originally did the short version
    of "Wizard", so I *do* have "Wizard" on tape.

The Wizard of Speed and Time is being shown from Labor Day untill Tonight at the
Nickelodian near Kenmore Square Near Boston University.  I hope that you *have*
seen it.

Everyone should see it at least once; it takes at least a dozen times to
actually *see* everything in the film.  The full length version uses a lot of
parts Mike's shorts: Wizard..., Animoto, and Swing Shift.  I've seen them all at
least a dozen times five years ago.  It's very sad to me, that it's taken this
long for Mike's work to come out of the closet at least in part.  I have to say
that I was hoping for some new special effects from Mike, but there wasn't much.
I'd really like to see the shorts again, just for their blinding nonstop special
effects instead of seeing bits and pieces of them in the movie.  But what the
movie does give, which I am really gratefull to see, is a view of what Mike
Jittlov is (supposedly) like as a person.

I don't think that the 'hitchhiker' is the original girl, so I'm betting that
that part of that was reshot.

Jim Baranski.

    I just came back from seeing this, and I thought it was absolutely
    *phenomenal*. I'm only sorry that I didn't make an effort to see
    it a few weeks ago so that I could urge you all to go see it.
    
    In many superficial ways, it doesn't look like a polished Hollywood
    production, but then, it isn't. It'll never be up for any Oscars,
    but this is what movie-making is all about. It's a knock on the head
    of the union-infested, dollars-in-the-eyes producers, and everything
    that's wrong with the film industry today. It's a story about
    actualizing your dreams.
    
    For those who know a fair amount of what Jittlov has done and has
    gone through, there are a lot of in-jokes, and I'd easily believe
    that quite a bit of what's in this film is autobiographical. The
    "Dr. Magic" footage, for instance, is a demo film he made for a
    shot at the DR. STRANGE made-for-tv movie, and I'm sure that the
    HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST SPECIAL EFFECTS special, for which he was
    making the "Wizard" short in this film was probably based on the
    Disney special effects program that he originally made "Wizard"
    for.
    
    I loved every minute of it, and not just for the (very special)
    special effects.
    
    re:.3
    
    I agree that Cindy was not the original girl, though I'd have to
    check my copy of the short to be sure. At any rate, the "Wizard"
    short in this film was entirely (or at least almost so) re-shot.
    In many ways, I prefer the original version, mostly because this
    version is a little *too* polished, but I still like the new version.
    
    --- jerry

    I think this is actually serious.  I got it off the net and have
    no reason to doubt its origin, although I haven't tried it yet.
    
    -Jody
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
    ...Actually, you can call Mike Jittlov at "anytime before the witching
    hour, PST" at 213-MOJANOX (his "secret Hollywood numbah").  He's very
    friendly at will chat at length (if time permits) with almost anyone.
    You might get his mom, occasionally, though.  But she's nice too. 

    "Careful, Mom! The toys are loose!" 

	Monday, I went past the Maynard Fine Arts theater 
	on rte 62, and thought that I saw a sign in the 
	window saying that the Wizard of Speed and Time 
	was playing on Sat & Sun at 4:00pm.

	Does anyone know if this is true?  I called their
	number (897-2100) and got the recorded listing, but
	the Wizard was not listed.

	Mike H.

    re:.6
    
    That was last weekend. They were going to do it again this weekend,
    but apparently, they have to send their print back.
    
    --- jerry

RE: -1

>    That was last weekend. They were going to do it again this weekend,
>    but apparently, they have to send their print back.
 
	Damn, wish I found out about it earlier.  Is it still playing 
	anywhere else in MA/s.NH ?

    I rented it last Saturday at "Adopt-A-Video" in Hudson, Ma.
    
    -Bob

    I got to see this last weekend.  I loved it.  My husband only said,
    "Cute, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it again."
    
    I would.
    
    K.C.

Since I had asked about video earlier in this stream, I thought that some
    of the readers here might be interested in the following.  First there
    is a Mike Jittlov news group in which he participates, and second that
    the Wizard of Speed and time tape is available at a very low price...
    
    I ordered the tape, and can't say that I was as impressed with it as
    with the original short films of his that I saw at a Boskone eons ago,
    but I still consider it worth having.  The movie contains clips of his
    earlier works, but they removed "Downtown" from Animatio.
    
    							/alan
    
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>From: [email protected] (Tim Darby)
>Newsgroups: alt.fan.mike-jittlov
>Subject: Your very own WoSaT
>Date: 25 Feb 1994 00:30:53 GMT
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>Summary: how to buy WoSaT and what is appropriate Wizard watching food
>Keywords: Wizard food, WoSaT
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>I searched in vain for a rental copy of the 92 minute Wizzard of Speed and Time.
>I finally found a place to buy it.  The company is Movies Unlimited at
>1-800-523-0823.  The WoSaT is listed at $14.99, item # 77-5006.  I ordered my 
>copy last week and it came to just under $20 with the shipping.  I was told
>that delivery would take about six weeks.
> 
>I"ve seen the short several times and am eagerly awaiting the full version.
>My questions for those of you who know the movie (or even the Wizard himself),
>what is good WoSaT-watching food?
> 
>Broccoli, lime jello, moldy cheese (that is, green food)?
> 
>Eye of newt, lizard gizzard, toil and trouble (that is, wizard potions)?
> 
>Pepperoni pizza, Mrs Field's chocolate cookies, doritoes (that is, food of the
>gods) or, as a stretch,
> 
>Guinness beer, more Guiness beer and still more Guinness beer (that is, a
>celebration of March 17th, St. Pat's Day which should be about when the video
>will arrive)?
> 
    

    
    	If you like in-jokes, then I'm told that this is the movie for
    	you.  I did see it about 5 years ago but missed most of the
    	in-jokes because I wasn't aware they were there, and therefore
    	didn't watch for them.
    
    	The original MOVIES conference had a good discussion on this
    	film.
    
    							GTI
    

    re: .12
    
    I'm pleased with the tape, it was well worth the $20 I paid.  I
    probably would have paid that for just the Wizard short.  I thought
    the movie as a whole was a bit slow, but perhaps that's only in comparison
    to the frenetic pace of the Wizard short... And his other short pieces
    too...
    
    								/alan

    Click!  "Got it!"  Click!  "Got it!"
    
    
    I liked this movie.  :)
    
    
    kim