From: Ken Bawcom (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2008 - 00:50:47 PDT
Thanks, Patrick. I recall it was loaded with malapropisms/puns, and I
thought I could remember that the title ended with 'Bad, Bad, Brawl,'
but could remember no more. Surely a film that can be enjoyed by both
avant-garde and athletic sensibilities.
Ken B.
Quoting Patrick Friel <email suppressed>:
> Hi Ken and All,
>
> The Tom Palazzolo video is "Bartholomew Whoops and the Bad, Bad Ball" (2005,
> 9 mins., video).
>
> pf
>
>
>
>
> On 4/9/08 12:02 AM, "Ken Bawcom" <email suppressed> wrote:
>
>> Three years ago, Tom Palazzolo submitted a very funny animation about
>> Chicago baseball, and fans, to the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
>> Unfortunately, I can't remember the title at the moment.
>>
>> Ken B.
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Steve Polta <email suppressed>:
>>
>>> Issue No. 4 (published july 1985) of the journal
>>> SPIRAL features a section called "Baseball and
>>> Filmmaking" which features artworks, photos, and
>>> poetic musing type writings by Thomas Boswell, Albert
>>> Kilchesty, Steve Osborn, William Scaff, Tom Palazzolo,
>>> Jeff Kreines and Michael Guccione. It's actually
>>> pretty loose on the explicit relationships between the
>>> two, more of a weird musing creative project by a
>>> bunch of guys who were digging baseball, but it's
>>> kinda fun to read.
>>>
>>> At some point in the 1980s or early '90s it is alleged
>>> that Albert "Buddy" Kilchesty curated a program on
>>> baseball-related film (presumably exp. film) in San
>>> Francisco. I've always assumed this was presented at
>>> San Francisco Cinematheque (where he worked at the
>>> time) but am striking out (ha ha) on locating details.
>>> Any old timers out there remember this one?
>>>
>>> Finally(?), Lewis Klahr's SOFT TICKET is composed,
>>> almost exclusively I believe, of images from baseball
>>> cards and audio recordings of sports announcers. A
>>> pretty interesting film. has anyone screened this
>>> thing anywhere???
>>>
>>> Steve Polta
>>> San Francisco Cinematheque
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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