Tom Palazzolo, Lee Godie, Tom Weinberg

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Hello everybody.

I'm glad you're listening.

This handsome man holding the picture? Well, he's about to smile for you.

You see that? He can smile.

He's a happy man.

Very, very happy.

You like him too, don't you? This is Lee Goody talking, the French Impress.

Hello everybody.

Hello everybody.

This is Lee Goody, the French Impress.

Lend me your ears.

I'll be over to see you real, real soon.

Kate Smith used to get on the radio.

You heard of her? Oh no, she's living her now.

She always sang, when the moon comes over the mountains.

That was her theme song.

She had a good voice.

I don't know if she's in the West or not, but she sang it.

She sang, when the moon comes over the mountains.

He's doing a green pin.

It took me a while to put this down.

He's the reviewing staff.

Oh, it's a good guy.

Oh, it's a good guy.

Oh, you went out early this morning.

I thought you were on night.

I've seen one song, one take one please.

Ready, set, go.

Well, I grew up in this suburb on the North Shore, which I guess is the main reason why I like to keep my identity sealed here.

One day at this high school, the high school was New Chur West by the way.

It doesn't exist anymore.

I think the unification church bought it.

They had this day every year called Idea Day in which they would expose high school students to visitors from other careers, other places that in the hopes of giving us some ideas.

One of these idea people was Tom Palazzolo and he came on this day showing a few of his films in the high school auditorium.

I was there too.

What else? Yeah.

He was showing this one film in...

Was that a jump cut? Anyway, as I was saying, Tom was screening.

He was showing that film following the woman around in Chicago who fed the birds and there were these two underclassmen.

I can say they were underclassmen because I was a senior at the time.

There were these two underclassmen who were through most of the film that we got to see giggling through most of the film until Tom turned off the projector and went up to them.

I believe he kind of stood over them and he might have grabbed them by their shirts and said something like either you suburban pricks or it might have been you suburban shits.

It was shits or pricks.

There was definitely a suburban in there.

He got up on the stage after riling them a little and went on to tell us again, calling us everybody this time, shits or pricks and how we didn't have any notion of what life was really about and how we would never have any notion what life was about.

Clearly he wasn't happy with the situation.

I actually enjoyed watching him.

It was exciting and a new experience, a real good idea day experience for me.

I'll never forget him for that.

Thanks Tom for bringing me out of the womb.

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus, Holy Mary, Mother of God, great for our sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed are thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, great for our sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Identifier

F.2005-08-0294

Date Of Production

1981 – 1998

Abstract

Assemblage of footage including scenes of independent filmmaker Tom Palazzolo and outsider artist Lee Godie with some of her artwork on S Columbus Dr near SAIC; Palazzolo filming with a 16mm camera at a St. Patrick's Day Parade; an anonymous man talking about Palazzolo visiting his high school for “Idea Day”; protesters picketing against Jean-Luc Godard's movie Hail Mary (1985) as being blasphemous; silent black-and-white footage of Palazzolo, Corky Siegal, Tom Weinberg and others at a New Years Eve celebration on the set of the WTTW series Image Union; and Palazzolo and a woman moving one of his paintings on S Halsted St and W 19th St in Pilsen.

Format

Super 8

Extent

150 feet

Color

color and B&W

Sound

Mag Stripe

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Originals

Subject

Art
Independent filmmakers
Parades and processions
Motion picture production & direction
Motion pictures
Television
Artists

Related Collections

Subseries II: Footage

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Loop

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Lower West Side ➜ Pilsen

Main Credits

Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)

Participants And Performers

Palazzolo, Tom (is participant)

Godie, Lee (is participant)

Weinberg, Tom (is participant)

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