It's like a stroll down memory lane! I always wonder why almost NO ONE likes this film. My sister and I are the only ones in my social circle that love it as much as it deserves.
Mike Jittlov is a true genius of Cinematography, It makes me sad that he may never get the credit he deserved for pioneering so many aspects of effects. Computers have made us all spoiled and many of us don't appreciate what an ART it was to do trick photography during the the 70s n 80s. So many people have 'borrowed' from his work without giving credit Mikes work should be standard view to anyone taking moves, he was and is a TRUE wizzerd of the silver screen, got to love that man in green.
I remember the first time I saw this at the festival of animation RCC University in Southern California when it first came out everybody in the theater went completely crazy over this short film amazing
Every person I show it too says the same thing "How did he do that without computers" It constantly amazes me exactly how much of a Genus this man is. The music, the motion, the effects. This man is what "Movie Magic" is truely all about. Today, anyone can do flash wit ha computer, it takes a true artist to do what Mike did.
This never fails to brighten my day. The music along with the subliminal messages that Mike Jittlov uses, it makes any good person's eyes water with a satisfying feeling of justice. He turns dark into light, tanks into cars, stagnation into production, even an empty mailbox into a money bin. The underlying theme could only be matched by epic stories like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and The Matrix... love is more powerful than greed and manipulation.
My 3 1/2 year old's favorite video. That makes me happy, because I have fond memories of seeing the original short every year at the Atlanta Fantasy Fair.
* thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap * :) So great to see this again! I was there the night before Dragon*Con started one year back in the 1990s...when Mike Jittlov, playfully running away from a fan, ran smack into a fully mirrored wall on the ground floor of the Atlanta Hilton. After a quick ride over to the hospital, he was fine, and made all of his scheduled appearances as a guest. Later, we decided he had forgotten to "phase-shift out" as he ran into the wall. :)
Mike has made several. Animato, Time Tripper, a World of Disney segment on special effects, the Wizard of Speed and Time feature-length film, the opening sequence to the Disney Channel...
Quality over Quantity my friend. Given WHAT he did during the time period he was in, he was a genus. There wer many tricks of the camera and effects he did that several people today consider "Impossible" without modern computers or CGI. He did everything with cutting and pasting film and a few tricks he developed. The problem some of his most ingenious work was in experimental short films he did that never really got distributed, I had the rare chance to see some at a private showing.
I have a copy of the full length feature on VHS, and really need to dub it off before the tape degrades. I stayed up until 3AM at a SF convention years ago just to watch the short version (again).
LLEVO AÑOS BUSCANDO ESTA PELICULA Y POR FIN DECIAN QUE ESTAVA LOCO MIS AMIGOS QUE ME LA AVIA IMAGINADO ELLOS NO LA CONOCIANPER YO LA VI DE CHICO EN ALGUNA PARTE
you just watched one of the greatest movies you've never seen. Mike jittlov (the Wizard) is/was a brilliant Special f/x man. he made one of my favorite films called (you guessed it) The Wizard of Speed and Time. basically it's kind of a true story of him on how the movie industry is so messed up. and how the little guy always gets stepped on so the big guy can get even bigger. as I type this, i'm transferring my copy to my computer, and hopefully UA-cam so others can enjoy the magic.
Mike is still in the business, but I haven't seen anything new from him lately. Everything in the WoSAT film was done by hand, using stop motion (shooting 1 frame at a time, yes on film) or using hand drawn animation on cels. Yep, the guy is a genius.
I've looked at Mr Jittlov's IMDb page, and there's not a lot of work listed there. He did the shadow demons in Ghost, some clips for some Disney show, a few shorts, and this movie. I don't know enough to pass judgment, but I would have expected a "genius" to have a more impressive resumé.
Modern movies have 10 minutes of credits, but in the era when Jittlov worked, FX persons were frequently uncredited (which is kind of the point of the film -- Hollywood steps on creatives). That started to change in the '80s, but by that point, he was so consumed by this movie that he probably didn't take on a lot of other work.
@DazmoTube I couldn't agree more. Part of why it 'resent' modern CGI is because it is all so damn easy Yes I know that those who made avatar did a LOT of work, and a LOT of time went into it. Yes i know CGI frees your imagination yes it allows you to do more then we could have ever imagined But I guess because it lets you do SO much, it feels to me that it somehow cheapens things. Does that make sense? When you watch movies like Jitlov, there is a sense of wonderment devoid in movies now
Why is Mike Jittlov "The Man in the Green Jacket"? Mike tells the story that he was in a store with a rack of superbright green jackets that the owner was having trouble selling, because they were superbright green. Mike asked, "How for ALL of them?" and so became "The Man In The Green Jacket."
He was actually, but something happened with the contract. Apparently, Mike agreed to work for union wages, in exchange for more control over the look of the show. Something happened between him and Warner Bros. and he was subsequently dropped.
Why isn't Jittlov working with Pixar? I know he got burned by Disney in the past, but so did Brad Bird. Mike is obviously a talented storyteller, and he clearly understands animation as a storytelling medium at a very personal level. If I worked for Pixar's accounting department, I'd let him write his own checks.
My channel has links to two bit torrents with the entire film, and several shorts by Mike, as well as his demo reel and a live show appearance at DragonCon. Please download one at a time.
This has to be seen single-frame, because he put in thousands of subliminals. And just like in the original short, it's MJ who gets beat up for scoring his performance less than "10"
He, despite having brilliance, has some weird psychological issue with holding strong grudges and pursuing things that cannot happen, and its held him back.
@estebanosullivan Thats whats wrong with the argument against technology. creative minds arent "spoiled" by computers, they are allowed more greater freedom because their tools are now sharper than before. that said, why is it that old technology and special affects feel more comforting, less threatening, and are just more interesting? id like to know that. is it because im old? or is it because there is mystery behind it - i mean everyone knows how avatar was made, but what about this movie?
Good but it'll never be the orignial that he made for Disney with the song, et al... And from what I understand about why he never made another movie - he's still not finished editing this one. It's nice to want your work to be the best but most studios want to release films eventually.
Ah, so its a pretty decent followup then. Ive been with Star Wars since day one so I know what works and what doesnt. And the Prequels worked, not flawlessly of course but then the OT had considerable flaws too yet I still loved them. But this short is a classic.
@Crossroadsinc I know exactly what you mean. As Nicholas Meyer always says, "Art thrives on restrictions." Now that we can do anything imaginable with one simple trick, modern filmmaking has kind of lost the magic and, in many ways, lost the artistry.
Jittlov should've made the Transformers films! With help from Will Vinton! Jointly produced by Aardman and Pixar! That would've been Awesome! (And Michael Bay in a Turkish Prison!)
@estebanosullivan Well, yes and no. I think part of it is knowing that efforts like this, as well as classic hand-drawn cel animation take a lot of *effort* on the part of the artist(s) in order to accomplish. With computers...it's pretty much to the point that an artist just has to set their end-points, and the computer tweens everything automatically--there's no sense of the large amounts of work put into it. Not less creative as such...just less work to do what was needed for this.
Oh frabjous day! Callous! Callais! I heard your call and must obey! I am uploading my collection of Mike's shorts! Fans of the green wizard rejoice! I'M LATE! Good Grief! Animato! Swing Shift! Time Tripper! The original Wizard Of Speed And Time short! And MORE!
It's like a stroll down memory lane! I always wonder why almost NO ONE likes this film. My sister and I are the only ones in my social circle that love it as much as it deserves.
Mike Jittlov is a true genius of Cinematography, It makes me sad that he may never get the credit he deserved for pioneering so many aspects of effects. Computers have made us all spoiled and many of us don't appreciate what an ART it was to do trick photography during the the 70s n 80s.
So many people have 'borrowed' from his work without giving credit
Mikes work should be standard view to anyone taking moves, he was and is a TRUE wizzerd of the silver screen, got to love that man in green.
This always makes me smile. We miss you, Mike!
Not only was this short a great pioneer for VFX, it also depicts Hollywood more accurately than anything you will ever see.
I remember the first time I saw this at the festival of animation RCC University in Southern California when it first came out everybody in the theater went completely crazy over this short film amazing
Every person I show it too says the same thing "How did he do that without computers"
It constantly amazes me exactly how much of a Genus this man is. The music, the motion, the effects. This man is what "Movie Magic" is truely all about.
Today, anyone can do flash wit ha computer, it takes a true artist to do what Mike did.
I met Mike Jittlov in Omaha at my dad's theater when I was a teen and he was promoting his film work. He even gave a talk after showing.
💚 👀 !!!!!!!!
Mike has some awesome stories to tell, each one more amazing than the next, and all true!
That was so much fun! I remember when it aired. It's just as refreshing now as it was then.
Glad to see this posted! The movie has been a favorite of mine for a long time. I always wished Jittlov had done more.
This never fails to brighten my day. The music along with the subliminal messages that Mike Jittlov uses, it makes any good person's eyes water with a satisfying feeling of justice. He turns dark into light, tanks into cars, stagnation into production, even an empty mailbox into a money bin. The underlying theme could only be matched by epic stories like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and The Matrix... love is more powerful than greed and manipulation.
This movie was a riot. Especially the electrified bicycle gag ^_^
I've never seen this before, but it was absolutely brilliant. Wish I had this in hi-res.
Never gets old!
My 3 1/2 year old's favorite video. That makes me happy, because I have fond memories of seeing the original short every year at the Atlanta Fantasy Fair.
I need that on DVD!!
No one else I have shown this to thinks it is boring. It blows everyone's mind that has seen it.
Why oh why isn´t this movie available on DVD???
Why isn't it on DVD and remastered? I love the film and story.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING SHORT FILMS EVER!!! PLEASE WATCH THIS EVERYONE!!! No computers were used in the making of this short! Amazing!
* thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap *
:)
So great to see this again!
I was there the night before Dragon*Con started one year back in the 1990s...when Mike Jittlov, playfully running away from a fan, ran smack into a fully mirrored wall on the ground floor of the Atlanta Hilton. After a quick ride over to the hospital, he was fine, and made all of his scheduled appearances as a guest.
Later, we decided he had forgotten to "phase-shift out" as he ran into the wall. :)
I'm seeing this again after...only 30 years? :-)...and I remember the "9.7" end gag as if it were yesterday. The stuff legends are made of.
This is fun to watch!
Show this to your kids, and tell them it was done with no computers whatsoever. Watch the expression on their faces.
This rules! I miss the eighties. :-)
Why is this so fun to watch?
That is amazing. And I only hear of it now, almost 30 years later? I wonder why it took so long to come out on video as well. Amazing stuff!
i know it cool i love this film
Well that's pretty neat. I did not know that. The man truly is in a league of his own.
The most epic epic film that ever epic'd.
They featured this on the children's show "The Great Space Coaster". I was blown away by the effects of this short film.
I miss the original music.
Mike has made several. Animato, Time Tripper, a World of Disney segment on special effects, the Wizard of Speed and Time feature-length film, the opening sequence to the Disney Channel...
I remember seeing it on one of Dick Clark's TV shows in the early 80's.
Quality over Quantity my friend.
Given WHAT he did during the time period he was in, he was a genus.
There wer many tricks of the camera and effects he did that several people today consider "Impossible" without modern computers or CGI. He did everything with cutting and pasting film and a few tricks he developed.
The problem some of his most ingenious work was in experimental short films he did that never really got distributed, I had the rare chance to see some at a private showing.
I'm doing my bit to get this the attention it deserves. I got mega goosebumps and a HUGE cheddary smile on my face watching this after so many years.
if you pause it egxataly at the part where you see big ben look at the top it says wizard where the bell is
I have a copy of the full length feature on VHS, and really need to dub it off before the tape degrades.
I stayed up until 3AM at a SF convention years ago just to watch the short version (again).
LLEVO AÑOS BUSCANDO ESTA PELICULA Y POR FIN DECIAN QUE ESTAVA LOCO MIS AMIGOS QUE ME LA AVIA IMAGINADO ELLOS NO LA CONOCIANPER YO LA VI DE CHICO EN ALGUNA PARTE
The Wizard Run does not have lyrics. The song appears earlier in the film, but follows the Run on the original short.
you just watched one of the greatest movies you've never seen.
Mike jittlov (the Wizard) is/was a brilliant Special f/x man. he made one of my favorite films called (you guessed it) The Wizard of Speed and Time. basically it's kind of a true story of him on how the movie industry is so messed up. and how the little guy always gets stepped on so the big guy can get even bigger.
as I type this, i'm transferring my copy to my computer, and hopefully UA-cam so others can enjoy the magic.
Hey, I love it too!
dude you guys gotta let me know if this stuff is on video online cuz it sounds like hes a living legend
And thats the real life story in a nut shell.....
I like how his hood never flies off.
He's even wearing a jacket in the exact same color and fabric as thew Wizard's robes.
that was fun, I wanna go again *VBS*
He designed fonts for a while, and did several travelogue videos.
Mike is still in the business, but I haven't seen anything new from him lately. Everything in the WoSAT film was done by hand, using stop motion (shooting 1 frame at a time, yes on film) or using hand drawn animation on cels.
Yep, the guy is a genius.
there ARE some laserdiscs floating around, i'd love to pick one up
I'm looking for that film, and I think it's called "The Hiking Viking"
The judge @4:10 who gives the 9.7 score is also Jittlov. :)
This was a great stoner movie back in the day. 8)
I've looked at Mr Jittlov's IMDb page, and there's not a lot of work listed there. He did the shadow demons in Ghost, some clips for some Disney show, a few shorts, and this movie. I don't know enough to pass judgment, but I would have expected a "genius" to have a more impressive resumé.
Modern movies have 10 minutes of credits, but in the era when Jittlov worked, FX persons were frequently uncredited (which is kind of the point of the film -- Hollywood steps on creatives). That started to change in the '80s, but by that point, he was so consumed by this movie that he probably didn't take on a lot of other work.
Before the Flash! There was...
The Wizard of Speed and Time!!!!
Best job EVAR! :DDDDDDDDDDD
3:29 what country's that supposed to be?
Regarding the soundtrack, what would you call this style of music?
@DazmoTube
I couldn't agree more. Part of why it 'resent' modern CGI is because it is all so damn easy Yes I know that those who made avatar did a LOT of work, and a LOT of time went into it. Yes i know CGI frees your imagination yes it allows you to do more then we could have ever imagined But I guess because it lets you do SO much, it feels to me that it somehow cheapens things.
Does that make sense? When you watch movies like Jitlov, there is a sense of wonderment devoid in movies now
Id heard he'd been hiking in europe during most of the 90s
Only for the green wizard!
2:10 i think id run like that if i had all those birds waiting for me
it's available on torrentspy and it's completely legal- look for Bearded_Swordsman_Single_DVD
Why is Mike Jittlov "The Man in the Green Jacket"? Mike tells the story that he was in a store with a rack of superbright green jackets that the owner was having trouble selling, because they were superbright green. Mike asked, "How for ALL of them?" and so became "The Man In The Green Jacket."
Visit Mike's homepage. Someone there will make you a copy.
This is to the original short what new the Phantom Menace is to A New Hope
I wonder why he was never hired to do special effects for the Flash TV series.
He was actually, but something happened with the contract. Apparently, Mike agreed to work for union wages, in exchange for more control over the look of the show. Something happened between him and Warner Bros. and he was subsequently dropped.
Why isn't Jittlov working with Pixar? I know he got burned by Disney in the past, but so did Brad Bird. Mike is obviously a talented storyteller, and he clearly understands animation as a storytelling medium at a very personal level. If I worked for Pixar's accounting department, I'd let him write his own checks.
I believe his address is still the same.
Sonic the Hedgehog before he was created
Is that the only subliminal you found? Look again. There are about 100 just in this clip.
My channel has links to two bit torrents with the entire film, and several shorts by Mike, as well as his demo reel and a live show appearance at DragonCon. Please download one at a time.
hahahaha, i lol'd for the entire 4 minutes!
This has to be seen single-frame, because he put in thousands of subliminals. And just like in the original short, it's MJ who gets beat up for scoring his performance less than "10"
He, despite having brilliance, has some weird psychological issue with holding strong grudges and pursuing things that cannot happen, and its held him back.
Mike Jitlov looks exactly like one of my fucking math teachers! HAH!
My Vid is with the End of this Movie
@estebanosullivan
Thats whats wrong with the argument against technology. creative minds arent "spoiled" by computers, they are allowed more greater freedom because their tools are now sharper than before.
that said, why is it that old technology and special affects feel more comforting, less threatening, and are just more interesting?
id like to know that. is it because im old? or is it because there is mystery behind it - i mean everyone knows how avatar was made, but what about this movie?
Good but it'll never be the orignial that he made for Disney with the song, et al...
And from what I understand about why he never made another movie - he's still not finished editing this one. It's nice to want your work to be the best but most studios want to release films eventually.
Ah, so its a pretty decent followup then. Ive been with Star Wars since day one so I know what works and what doesnt. And the Prequels worked, not flawlessly of course but then the OT had considerable flaws too yet I still loved them.
But this short is a classic.
clark kent??
@Crossroadsinc I know exactly what you mean. As Nicholas Meyer always says, "Art thrives on restrictions." Now that we can do anything imaginable with one simple trick, modern filmmaking has kind of lost the magic and, in many ways, lost the artistry.
shit that was cool
Well, that was psychotic.
Jittlov should've made the Transformers films!
With help from Will Vinton!
Jointly produced by Aardman and Pixar!
That would've been Awesome!
(And Michael Bay in a Turkish Prison!)
that's meee xDDD
Flash ain't got SHIT on the Wizard.
@estebanosullivan Well, yes and no. I think part of it is knowing that efforts like this, as well as classic hand-drawn cel animation take a lot of *effort* on the part of the artist(s) in order to accomplish. With computers...it's pretty much to the point that an artist just has to set their end-points, and the computer tweens everything automatically--there's no sense of the large amounts of work put into it. Not less creative as such...just less work to do what was needed for this.
Oh frabjous day! Callous! Callais! I heard your call and must obey! I am uploading my collection of Mike's shorts! Fans of the green wizard rejoice! I'M LATE! Good Grief! Animato! Swing Shift! Time Tripper! The original Wizard Of Speed And Time short! And MORE!
rofl
no shit sherlock
hahaha classic film
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