"The love of events that bring people together, revealing at once the absurdities and tenderness of the human comedy, plus a sharp eye for Americana, characterize and permeate the Palazzolo films."
- Kevin Thomas, The Los Angeles Times
EEG 6760
Format: DVD (NTSC)
Region: 1Director: Tom Palazzolo
Year: 2011
Language: English
Length: 83 minutes
UPC: 617311676093Genre: Documentary
Available: Oct 18, 2011
Four More Films by Tom Palazzolo
Chicago '60s“Bride Unvailed" (1967) 12 mins.
The unveiling of the Picasso sculpture in downtown Chicago mixed with newsreel footage and images of women in candid and posed positions creates a humorous observation of the historic event.“Campaign" (1968) 12 mins.
First hand scenes mixed with newsreel footage as the violence erupts during the 1968 Democratic Convention, with appearances by Abbie Hoffman, Alan Ginsburg, Hubert Humphrey, and Mayor Richard J. Daley.“Tattooed Lady" (1967) 14 mins.
The once landmark Riverview Amusement Park is the background and home of an elderly lady with over 200 tattoos. Filmed not to long before the park was shut down, Tom’s film adds a sense of weirdness to the amusement park itself.“At Maxwell Street" (1984) 45 mins.
Filmed in the ‘60s ‘70s and ‘80s, at the original location of this open market featuring live music performances, interviews of multi-generation run street tables and shop owners, documents its history before being razed in 2001 to make way for an expanded UIC campus and an upscale living community.
Highly Recommended
" as a chronicler of a city and its varying lifelines,
no one can top Tom Palazzolo."
also available by Tom Palazzolo
EEG 6760
Format: DVD (NTSC)
Region: 1Director: Tom Palazzolo
Year: 2006
Language: English
Length: 65 minutes
UPC: 617311672996Genre: Documentary
Available: Aug 8, 2006
A 2007 Telly Award Winner!
Four Films by Tom Palazzolo
DVD Features:
“Jerry’s Deli” 9 min. (color)
A trip to Jerry’s Deli where abuse of the customer is served up with corned beef. Jerry is Original!“Rita on the Ropes” 9 min (b&w)
A must see for every high school student. Rita recounts life on her own for the first time. Riveting!“Enjoy Yourself (its later than you think)” 22 min. (color)
The annual Chicago Senior Citizens Picnic hosted by the Democratic Party. The seniors steal the show with their lively music and high spirits. Nothing keeps them down!“Down Clark Street” 25 min. (color/b&w)
Tom’s nostalgic reminiscence of 1960’s Chicago blends his vintage footage with new. A chronicle of a time past and a compassionate sometimes humorous looks at the forgotten characters that populated Clark Street.Special Features:
New Short Film! "Bartholomew Whoops & The Bad, Bad Ball"
Director's Biography & Filmography
Engaging, visually stunning at times
Proving that fact is indeed more compelling than fiction,
Judge Bill Gibron thoroughly enjoyed this collection of short documentaries
by the renowned Chicago "chronicler."
and more from Tom Palazzolo
Masterworks of American Avant-garde
Experimental Film 1920-1970
Blu-ray/DVD 4-disc collectionincludes:
Love It / Leave It (1970) by Tom Palazzolo
16mm 1.37:1; color sound, 14:07 minutes;
music by Ray Whilding White
Facets
Multimedia
Tom Palazzolo's Chicago [DVD]
Labor Day, East Chicago (1979)
I Married a Munchkin (1994)
Down Clark Street (2000)
Wicker Park Press
At Maxwell Street: Chicago's Historic
Marketplace Recalled in Words and
Photographs [Hardcover Book]
