Jacaranda Joe
Directed byGeorge A. Romero
Written byGeorge A. Romero
Running time
17 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Jacaranda Joe is a 1994 American short film written and directed by George A. Romero.

Production

Initially conceived in the 1970s as The Footage, the film's was about reality television show in which a famous athlete learns to hunt and accidentally discovers a community of bigfoot.[2]

That version of the story would be about the filming of the television show[1] whereas the retooled version that became Jacaranda Joe was a "proto-found footage movie"[1] in documentary style[3] which would feature a leaked clip from a television show similar to the one from The Footage.[1]

Filmed at Valencia College in Florida[1] over ten days[2] it had a cast and crew of students, faculty, and local industry professionals.[2] It was the first film that Romero shot entirely outside of Pittsburgh.[4]

The short film has never been publicly screened[4] although a VHS copy of the workprint exists[5] as well as six reels of camera negatives.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Squires, John (May 20, 2021). "Unseen George Romero Short 'Jacaranda Joe' Being Preserved by the University of Pittsburgh". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Hart, Adam Charles. "Jacaranda Joe". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Nguyen, Hanh (March 3, 2017). "'Untold Horror' Trailer: George Romero, John Landis and More Directors Uncover the Films They Never Made in New Documentary Series". IndieWire. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Whitacre, Andrew (November 13, 2020). "Video: Adam Charles Hart, "Beyond the Living Dead: Treasures from the George A. Romero Archive"". MIT Comparative Media Studies (CMS). Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  5. ^ Armstrong, Vanessa (February 10, 2021). "George A. Romero Archival Collection unearths Nuns from Outer Space, Jacaranda Joe lost footage & more". SyFy. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Hart, Adam Charles. "Jacaranda Joe's 35mm negative". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
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