Uploaded to YouTube by “Prancing Skiltaire” with the following notes: “Here is video from the longest thinnest convention, Linecon I. This weird event happened at the world premiere of Mike Jittlov's film The Wizard Of Speed and Time. The video room was run by Sysable who also ran the LineCon furry party.”
A new video to promote the Indiegogo campaign for the WOSAT vinyl soundtrack, featuring John Massari and a special guest... https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-wizard-of-speed-and-time-soundtrack-on-vinyl/x/73829#/
The Indiegogo campaign to fund the vinyl reissue of the Wizard of Speed & Time soundtrack is now live! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-wizard-of-speed-and-time-soundtrack-on-vinyl/x/73829#/
An original Star Trek translight liberated by Mike from UCLA in the 1970s is up for auction, with an accompanying letter by Mike included in the auction.
John Massari is working on a vinyl release of the WOSAT soundtrack (release info to be confirmed). Here’s a video of the music being cut onto the record: https://www.facebook.com/136403486405130/videos/1823539564358172/
“I also got the opportunity to shoot a cult classic, The Wizard of Speed and Time, which featured Mike Jittlov’s amazing ‘lo-fi’ stop-motion visions, utilizing humans interacting with inanimate moving objects.”
Congrats to WOSAT cinematographer Russell Carpenter, who is being given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Cinematographers on February 17th!
Read this new interview with Russell looking back on his career (including the quote on WOSAT above).
An advert from Fantastic Films #44 (June 1985) for the Wizard Of Speed & Time poster illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas. Read more about the making of this poster on Mike’s official website.
Stills of Mike filming the “Dark Spirits” sequences in costume during the making of Jerry Zucker’s Ghost (1990), from Cinefex magazine #44 (November 1990).
Mike Jittlov, Chris Barczak and Joyce Siefker working behind the scenes of Swing Shift (1974), as scanned from American Cinematographer, Vol. 55, No. 3 (March 1974).