Matchbox Cineclub
Pura Sangre

Thu 15 September 2016

HIS LIFE IS A SPECIAL EFFECT!

Mike Jittlov is a struggling filmmaker, challenged to expand his special effects reel into a feature for a big-time film studio. Unbeknownst to him, the producer is literally betting against him, making it a race against time and the odds to complete his opus!

Matchbox Cineclub’s monthly residency continues with a lost classic and a tour-de-force of outsider filmmaking. Mike Jittlov writes, directs, produces and stars in a masterpiece of energy, ingenuity and sheer filmmaking exuberance, based on his own experiences as a special effects “wizard”. The Wizard of Speed and Time was filmed in 1983, saw a brief theatrical release in 1989 but has never been released on DVD. This screening is by arrangement with the Wizard himself, Mike Jittlov.

This rare screening is preceded by a practical special effects demonstration from SFX Supervisor Mike Kelt (Hot Fuzz, Four Lions, Macbeth) of local masters of movie wizardry Artem.

Centre for Contemporary Arts
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3JD