09 - Film Book Frenzy! With J.P. DiSciscio

Bye Bye Celluloid

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 "Bye Bye Celluloid" theme by Brad Glanden All original content: Copyright 2022 Brad Glanden. All rights reserved