Who is Dick Griffin, you ask? Before you give this episode a listen, head to YouTube and watch the music video “Don’t Come Knockin’” by JATK (pronounced “Jack”). You’ll want to hear more from the band, and you’ll wonder why a video that looks like it was recorded forty years ago on a well-worn videotape would be making its debut online in 2023. Don’t worry—this episode of BYE BYE CELLULOID’s got you covered. Guests MATT JATKOLA (frontman of JATK) and JP DISCISCIO (director, Overdue Films; back for his third appearance) are on hand to discuss the ingenious creative process behind the “Don’t Come Knockin’” music video, from concept to execution. You’ll also hear the inspiring origin story of the JATK project, and the history of Matt and JP’s music video collaborations. And you might even learn who Dick Griffin REALLY is. 

As an added bonus, Matt, JP and I have put together lists of our favorite music videos. These were going to be a part of the episode itself, but we were barely able to start discussing our picks before we ran out of time. Instead, you can see our lists in full with some additional commentary at https://byebyecelluloid.wordpress.com/ep-10-extra-jatk-overdue-films-bye-bye-celluloid-pick-their-favorite-music-videos/(opens in a new tab)

JATK - “Don’t Come Knockin’” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eftr9GnyZGA 
Buy the “Don’t Come Knockin’” single PLUS some great Dick Griffin Goodtime Hour merchandise on Bandcamp! https://jatk.bandcamp.com/album/dont-come-knockin 

The Bynars - “Every Little Thing You Love” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckwOEr_ZkNw 

Overdue Films Presents: Live from the Caprice: https://overduefilms.org/live-from-the-caprice 

JATK on Bandcamp: https://jatk.bandcamp.com 
JATK on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4muS2qRad6WkJtOL7brp4R 
JATK on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jatktheband 

Overdue Films: https://overduefilms.org/ 
Overdue Films on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/overdue_films

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BYE BYE CELLULOID is back, and so is former show guest J.P. DISCISCIO, whose recent short film POOR GLENNA has been making the rounds internationally at film festivals. 

For this episode, J.P. and Brad have each made a list of film books that impacted them, and they take turns discussing their picks — with plenty of digressions along the way: the language of editing, “impossible film guides,” the Czech New Wave, McLuhanesque experimental paperbacks, directorial autonomy, and…”anemoia,” I think they call it?      
 
THE LIST:

The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb (J.P.) - 00:01:40
Grande Illusions by Tom Savini (J.P.) - 00:04:52
Guide for the Film Fanatic by Danny Peary (Brad) - 00:10:02
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet (J.P.) - 00:19:00
The Total Film-Maker by Jerry Lewis (Brad) - 00:23:10
In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch (J.P.) - 00:29:42
The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje (J.P.) - 00:34:40
Expanded Cinema by Gene Youngblood (Brad) - 00:39:23
Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson (J.P.) - 00:51:38
Experimental Animation: An Illustrated Anthology by Robert Russett & Cecile Starr (Brad) - 00:55:24
Danse Macabre by Stephen King (J.P.) - 00:58:51
On Writing by Stephen King (J.P.) - 01:01:27
All the Bright Young Men and Women: A Personal History of the Czech Cinema by Josef Skvorecky (Brad) - 01:07:15
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror by Jason Zinoman (J.P.) - 01:13:10
Film as a Subversive Art by Amos Vogel (Brad) - 01:21:10
Chain Saw Confidential by Gunnar Hansen (J.P.) - 01:28:07
Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case by Stephen Farber & Marc Green (Brad) - 01:34:53
The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood by Julie Salamon (J.P.) - 01:43:53
On Making a Movie: Brewster McCloud by Kirk McClelland (Brad) - 01:49:45
Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years at His Side by Emilio D'Alessandro (J.P.) - 01:53:20
The Making of Kubrick’s 2001 by Jerome Agel (Brad) - 01:58:28
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool: A True Love Story by Peter Turner (J.P.) - 02:04:13
The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan by Jimmy McDonough (Brad) -  02:07:25
Martin (novelization) by George A. Romero and Susan Sparrow (J.P.) - 02:09:54

 
Visit www.overduefilms.org for a generous selection of J.P.’s short films, music videos, and other work. 
 
Short introductory clips: Jaws Theme | Tom Savini on The Incredibly Strange Film Show | Yokel Boy | Sidney Lumet on Dick Cavett | Jerry Lewis: Total Film-Maker | The Conversation | George Lucas: Maker Of Films | Great Mass in C Minor (Mozart) | Hans Richter On Film (Cecile Starr) | Stephen King on Dick Cavett | Closely Watched Trains | Fangoria’s Weekend Of Horrors | Amos Vogel, 1975 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Twilight Zone: The Movie trial, various news reports | Brian De Palma on Charlie Rose | Robert Altman on Dick Cavett | Stanley Kubrick, 1987 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Man On A Tightrope | The Ghastly Ones | Martin
 
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SUPPORTING CHARACTERS podcast host Bill Ackerman returns to discuss the current state of home media, the seemingly shrinking number of digitally unavailable obscurities, the social significance of film festivals, and directors ranging from Frank Perry to Bill Gunn to Don Coscarelli, as well as Bill's Blu-ray and DVD commentaries. 

 

Recorded in December 2018.

 

Supporting Characters on the Now Playing Network: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters

 

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Closing track: "The Short Hello" by Brad Glanden, from the soundtrack to the film Theodore of the Absurd: http://youtu.be/RXcsR9e8FHU

 

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On his podcast SUPPORTING CHARACTERS, Bill Ackerman eschews the common movie podcast approach -- that is, structuring episodes around specific films and/or filmmakers -- and instead highlights the work of writers, podcasters, fanzine publishers, programmers, preservationists, and others who make it possible for wider audiences to gain access to (and appreciation for) cinema outside the mainstream.

 

This is Part One of a two-part interview recorded in December 2018.

 

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Closing track: "My Fair Late Fee" by Brad Glanden

 

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SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EPISODE: Boston-based filmmaker and photographer J.P. DISCISCIO, director of the spectacular horror short BLOODY HENRY, joins the show for a lively discussion of the horror genre. 

 

BLOODY HENRY was an official selection at the Independent Film Festival Boston, The Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, the Sidewalk Film Festival and PostMortem Short Film Fest. 

 

Visit www.overduefilms.org for a generous selection of J.P.’s short films, music videos, and other work. 

 

Soundtrack excerpts from NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: Public Domain

 

Also contains excerpts from the theatrical trailers for HOMICIDAL (1961), CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980), and MARTIN (1978)

 

Opening instrumental music: “Nea Praxis - Frank Riddick” by Lloyd Rogers, performed by the Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra. Creative Commons License: Public Domain Mark 1.0. freemusicarchive.org

 

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Archival soundtrack recording session for the surreal musical comedy THEODORE OF THE ABSURD (2012). Featuring improvised pieces by Don Glanden Free Jazz Project.

Track listing:

1. Welcome to Blipburg
2. Choir Practice for Chiropractors
3. Acid Trip Reflux 
4. Imploding Organic Preventable
5. If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fixate

Don Glanden Free Jazz Project:

• Mark Allen - saxophone
• Joe Anderson- trumpet
• Ryan Kuhns - bass
• Marcus Myers - drums
• Don Glanden - keyboards

Recorded on July 19, 2011 at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Read more about THEODORE OF THE ABSURD and watch the film at https://theodoreoftheabsurd.com

Copyright 2011-2018 Brad Glanden. All rights reserved

AUDIO COLLAGE: You’ve heard it before — “Know the rules before you break them.” But isn’t that a rule? And once you know it, is it okay to break it?

Listen as a dizzying array of authoritative-sounding voices guides you through the rules of cinematic storytelling, then tells you to abandon those rules, then describes some alternatives, then discourages those alternatives because they’re too confusing to audiences. I guess you’re on your own! 

Dialogue excerpts derived from the Prelinger Archive and archive.org

Music: “On Matters of Consequence (Act I)” by Lloyd Rogers, performed by the Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra. Creative Commons License: Public Domain Mark 1.0. freemusicarchive.org

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Boston-based cinematographer and filmmaker Shaun Clarke guests to discuss dance film (or cinedance, or choreo-cinema...take your pique!). Along with covering Shaun’s numerous projects in this genre, we talk about the collaborative process involved in making a dance film, and the challenges and benefits of arriving at the genre from a filmmaker’s background rather than a dancer’s. And much more!

AUDIO COLLAGE: To commemorate the 4th of July, here's a short episode about the great American composer Charles Ives. Guest starring Stan Brakhage, Billy Eckstine, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, and Nicolas Slominsky. 

Source material derived from archive.org and ubu.com

USA Composers: The "American" Tradition with Robert Potts (television program, 1967)

Nicolas Slominsky at 76 (radio broadcast, 1971)

Are My Ears on Wrong? A Portrait of Charles Ives (film, 1979)

The Test of Time with Stan Brakhage (radio broadcast, 1982; includes a recording of Ives's "The See'r")

And from the Internet Archive's 78 RPMs & Cylinder Recordings collection:

"Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen" by Billy Eckstine

"American Fantasie (Parts 1 & 2)" by Victor Herbert's Orchestra

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While the big studios toil away at The LEGO Batman Movie, Despicable Me 3, Toy Story 4, and other computer-generated cash cows, a number of today's independent animators are largely responsible for keeping traditional hand-drawn animation alive--but without rejecting digital technology outright. Jon Dorn is one such "tradigital" animator. In this episode, I sit down with Jon to discuss his work, his influences, and the worldview that informs his cartoons and other creative output. 

Visit Jon Dorn's website: jondornart.com

Watch his short film "The Pentimento of  War": http://vimeo.com/41223949

Watch his music video for Jay Kill & The Hustle Standard's "Never Seen Runaway": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RKCun2uDTU 

Check out Jon's still photography in the film Theodore of the Absurd: theodoreoftheabsurd.com

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