The Wizard of Speed and Time: A Dumb Kid

In 1979 Mike Jittlov release a short film called, "The Wizard of Speed and Time."

It was a low budget special effects film that featured a superfast wizard in his slick green robes running across the states and giving a hot women a ride to Hollywood, only in the end to be thwarted by a banana peel. There is also a little dance with some inanimate objects and a song I would have thought "Men Without Hats" would have been clamouring to do a remake of.

What I know for sure is........... this wonderful little film, made for about $1500 at the time started my fasination with film and special effects. As a kid I thought what every other kids thinks, "Well that can't be that hard to do". Turns out like most little kids I was wrong. Actually I didn't even have a camera! But hey the seed was planted, I'm years old now, and I finally got the computer, the camera and the odd weekend to play.

What I didn't know about this film was that poster you see to the right contains a ton of subliminal images. See if you can find Einstein, Mickey Mouse, a Chinese Dragon, or a naked woman. Also look closely at the wizards right hand and the energy from which he draws his power. See if you can find a word. The movie itself has a ton as well. Watch it in slow motion or something, you'll catch them.

Here is the link to the movie

Besides all the subliminal imagery and comments on how 'producing a movie you want in Hollywood sucks"...it left me with something way more important....the outlet for an overactive imagination.

Maybe it is tough getting a movie made in Hollywood, but watching this again, just wants me to make something for the sake of making it.