Episode 18 – Tim Lucas, Pt. 2 - a podcast by Phi Phenonenon

On today’s episode, the second part of an interview with Video Watchdog founder and publisher Tim Lucas, we talk about his book Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark, a 800,000 word volume beloved by filmmakers from Martin Scorsese and Guillermo del Toro, which Quentin Tarantino called “the best book on films ever written.” Also: the art of crafting “jam-ful, wall-to-wall” film commentaries, how the supplements of physical media Blu-rays are taking the place of film magazines, his screenplay The Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes about the creation of Roger Corman’s The Trip for Joe Dante to direct, his subsequent adaptation of that screenplay into a novel, and his “disenchantment” with comics after Jack Kirby’s departure from Marvel alongside the current state of comic book films. Though Watchdog ceased physical publication in 2017, Tim still runs the Video Watchblog, alongside occasional posts for the New Beverly Blog, while also recording over 100 DVD and Blu-ray commentaries. (Interview begins at 8:37.)

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