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Medaglia

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About Me


I direct films and music videos. For more check out prettypictures.com ...

...or go to my myspace film page. It's lonely and wants to be your friend.

The Ratsnitch Angel

Official Selection - AFI Fest 2006

The Kids Of Widney High Music Video

Yes, this is the special ed. rock band.
Budhi Brown Music Video

My Interests

Watching movies, geeks, experimental film, potty mouths, jellyfish, dreaming, televangelists, parasites, limericks, octopuses, superfluous nipples, anecdotes, moxie, photography, the color pink, monkeys, surfing, the ocean, disco, cult films, people-watching, southern drawls and waxing my bikini area.

I'd like to meet:

Other artists. Producers, writers, actors, performers, journalists, photographers, experimental filmmakers, test subjects, megalomaniacs, ayatollahs of rock-n-rollah, scientists, game theorists, weirdos, nerds, hypnotists, women who are not afraid to wear animal print spandex and anyone who can tell a good dirty joke.

Music:

Queen, Brahms, Rossini, Sammy Davis Jr., GnR, The Cramps, FEAR, ABBA, The Ramones, The Kids Of Widney High, Ennio Morricone, Screamin J Hawkins, RJD2, The Thrill Kill Kult, Pixies, Secret Chiefs 3, Portishead, KC & The Sunshine Band, Donna Summer, Iggy And The Stooges, Ken Nordine, Angelo Badalamenti, Praxis, Mr. Bungle, Velvet Underground, White Zombie, Atari Teenage Riot and a bunch of other random crap...oh, and disco--I'm a sucker for disco.

Movies:

Dr Strangelove, Kiss Me Deadly, Annie Hall, Blue Velvet, Bonnie & Clyde, Raising Arizona, 12 Angry Men, Night Of The Living Dead, Groundhog's Day, The Wizard Of Oz, The Graduate, Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!, Pink Flamingos, Conan The Barbarian, Clockwork Orange, Key Largo, To Have And Have Not, Gummo, Seconds, Phase IV, Bride Of Frankenstein, Freaks, Sante Sangre, The Exorcist, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Eraserhead, Silence Of The Lambs, Hardcore, Angel Heart, Head, Gozu, Manchurian Candidate, Man Bites Dog

Books:

Geek Love, Perfume, Wise Blood, Et Tu Babe, Frankenstein, Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, Godel Escher Bach, Random non-fiction.

Heroes:

Grace Jones. Mothra.

My Blog

This Afternoon: Ratsnitch at the Silverlake Film Fest

Sunday May 6th / 3:45 pm / The Los Feliz Theater...
Posted by Medaglia on Sun, 06 May 2007 06:01:00 PST

kevin need roomate

A two bedroom apartment has opened up in next to the building next to mine and my good friend Kevin is hoping to move in. Only thing is he's looking for a roomate. So if you're looking to move to Los ...
Posted by Medaglia on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:58:00 PST

CrashCourse 102 / James St. James / Tentacle Face

James St. James, author of Party Monster, teaches you how to make the Tentacle Face makeup appliance, out of cereal! Don't forget to check out his new book, Freak Show, which hits stores May 17th. You...
Posted by Medaglia on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:48:00 PST

CrashCourse 101 / James St. James / Vermicelli Wig

Sorry for the blog repost. This is an automatic blog post from veoh.com. If you've seen the crashcourse video already, the changes are pretty minor. We chopped all the fat out of the balogna-style dem...
Posted by Medaglia on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:46:00 PST

Ratsnitch Angel at the Florida Film Fest

To my dear friends in Orlando:The Ratsnitch Angel will be screening at the Florida Film Festival...in the midnight shorts section...which i hear is going to be awesome. Screenings Marc...
Posted by Medaglia on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:14:00 PST

CrashCourse Demo: Episode James St. James' Kitchen Couture

if you like this, let me know. we'll make more.-medaglia---------------------------------------------- ---------------------CrashCourse Be careful, you might learn something... What? CrashCourse is a ...
Posted by Medaglia on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:14:00 PST

Ratsnitch at AFI Fest or, How To Get An Empty Seat On The Bus

It's come to my attention that some of you might not be totally sick of hearing about The Ratsnitch Angel. For all five of you, you have one more chance to see it right here in sunny Los Angeles, beca...
Posted by Medaglia on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:19:00 PST

How To Make Your Landlord Famous

My landlord (okay former-landlord, he's since retired) is one of the nicest guys to whom i've ever handed a rent check. That rascally old fogey has just joined the ranks of myspace stardom. Here's how...
Posted by Medaglia on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:27:00 PST

PISS Fest!

Yep you read it right. That's the Portland International Short Short Film Fest. The Kids Of Widney High video's in it this year. I've always wanted to visit Portland but I don't think I can make it th...
Posted by Medaglia on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:39:00 PST

Scary Shorts & Puppets Tonight - Los Angeles

Just wanted to let you know about a wickedly fun event tonight in NoHo. Eric Kurland is getting known around LA for showing some great films with his Mobfests. Tonight he's doing scary shorts and pupp...
Posted by Medaglia on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:05:00 PST