The Man in the Green Jacket
Depot Devoid: A Movie Podcast for Dead People · Matt Fagan
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Show Notes
Maybe the world didn't want THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME in 1988, but man, the world sure needed it. And still does.
Your hosts, the meandering Fagan brothers, traditionally take a more cynical view of movies, but one might accurately describe this one as "magical" or "a feel-good movie" and guess what? We fucking love it. The story of a talented but unsuccessful special-effects filmmaker attempting to navigate the bureaucracy and ineptitude of Hollywood, THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME is a piece of celluloid origami that is about the making of itself. And yet, that's not what it's about at all.
THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME celebrates the persistence of inspiration in unpleasant circumstances. It celebrates joy and sincerity and magic, in a way that works because the artist himself believes in them. Writer/director/star/actual wizard Mike Jittlov creates good old-fashioned movie magic, and in doing so, he shows all of us in the audience that we can be wizards too. THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME resonates with artists of all types, reminds us of the joy of creation, and allows us to imagine a better (and more magical) world. And Matt really needed to watch it, because holy fuck, a better and more magical world would really hit the spot about now.