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9 November 2011 7:52 PM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »

Special-effects artists directing movies seem to attract weird opprobrium—it seems odd, for instance, to find Joe Johnston on a list of worst directors, when his somewhat bland action and effects films are no worse than most others, and at least are perfectly good-natured rather than openly obnoxious. It's actually surprising that so few effects people have followed the lead of Douglas Trumbull, who followed his award-winning work on 2001 with the features Silent Running and Brainstorm. Effects people interact with nearly every aspect of a film's production, which is more than can be said for, for instance, most actors.

And so to Mike Jittlov, who in 1987 parlayed his experience animating and creating short films for TV into writing and directing The Wizard of Speed and Time, a feature-length celebration of the creative spirit in effects-laden, romantic comedy form. It's the tale of a lonely dreamer, desperate to make his way »

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