The Wizard of Speed and Time
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The Wizard of Speed and Time is a low-budget movie written, directed, and starring animator Mike Jittlov.
The plot consists simply of a young man in a green wizard costume running throughout America at super speed, much like the superhero, The Flash. Along the way, he gives a pretty girl a swift lift to another city, gives golden stars to other women who want a trip themselves and then slips on a banana and comically crashes.
Jittlov is a special effects technician, and produced all of the special effects in the film himself. Many of the special effects in the film are produced through stop motion animation. It was originally a 16mm short film, later expanded to feature length and re-shot in 35mm. The feature-length was released to several art-house theaters in 1989 (thought it was never widely distributed), and it received a limited video release on VHS and laserdisc.
The longer version recounts the exploits of a special effects "wizard" trying to fulfill his dream of making a full-length movie. The tricks of movie magic are exposed; but so are the tribulations of the independent moviemaker. Many scenes in the movie turned out to be only too prophetic, according to Mike Jittlov.
External links
- Official website (http://www.wizworld.com/)
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