I'd like to meet:
The visionary director, writer and producer who created one of the most notorious theatrical feature horror cult films of all time; "MURDER-SET-PIECES" , shot on location in Las Vegas on 35mm film and released by Lionsgate Films in the continental U.S. (in an “R†cut) and by Universal Studios (Uncut) in Europe.
Palumbo has been obsessed with cinema since his early childhood when his father began taking him to revival house movie theatres. He later attended film school in Los Angeles.
In 2000, Palumbo became a force in independent film when he wrote, produced and directed his first feature, "NUTBAG" . In 2002, he followed up with the award winning 35mm short film "SINISTER" shot on location in New York City.
In 2004, Palumbo wrote, produced and directed the inimitable "MURDER-SET-PIECES" , which had a theatrical run in 2005. Screened for its World Premiere at the prestigious Sitges International Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain, "M-S-P" was the first Un-rated American horror film to hit theaters in 20 years.
On February 28th, 2008 "M-S-P" was featured on the cover of Variety and The Hollywood Reporter as a result of the controversy the film has raised in Europe. To date, the U.K., Ireland, and Norway have officially banned "MURDER-SET-PIECES" .
Palumbo may be known in the film industry for his confrontational films, but in real life he’s an easy going, fun loving guy. His favorite film of all time is Charles Laughton’s "The Night of the Hunter" (1955). He lists directors Stanley Kubrick and Roman Polanski as his biggest influences.
Palumbo's working on a new feature film (a neo-noir thriller) and a new documentary on the late actress Sharon Tate.
Nick Palumbo currently resides in Los Angeles.
"Murder-Set-Pieces"
35mm Film Trailer "Sinister"
35mm Short Film For More information visit:
nickpalumbo.com
Music:
Tangerine Dream, Goblin, Krzysztof Komeda, Ennio Morricone, The Doors, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, Nick Cave, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, The Delfonics, The Drifters, soundtracks to Kubrick's The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut, Buddy Holly, Beethoven, Fabio Frizzi, Blue Oyster Cult, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Thin Lizzy, Frank Sinatra, The Byrds, The Mamas and the Papas, The Carpenters, The Band, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, The Beatles, The Stones, Queen, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Robert Johnson, Ry Cooder, The Commodores, Black Sabbath, The Who, Marvin Gaye, Janis Joplin, Necrophagia, The Giallos Flame, Zombi, The Bronx Casket Company, Sam Cooke, Harry Connick, Jr, Body Count, Ice Cube, Ice T, Dr. Dre, Sammy Davis, Jr, Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, Weezer, Velvet Revolver, Blink-182.
Movies:
The Night of the Hunter(1955), The Wizard of Oz, Midnight Cowboy, Forbidden Games(1952), The Reflecting Skin, Aguirre-The Wrath of God, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1974), Eyes Wide Shut(1999), A Clockwork Orange, The Wages of Fear, Deliverance, Bad Timing, Electra Glide in Blue(1973) Summer of '42(1971), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Sweet Hereafter(1997), Fearless Vampire Killers(1967), Rosemary's Baby, Peeping Tom(1960), Brief Encounter, The Ninth Configuration, Ascenseur pour l'..chafaud(1958), Two-Lane Blacktop, In Cold Blood(1967), The Seventh Seal, The Conformist (1970), Cul-de-Sac (1966), Paris, Texas, Monsters, Inc.(2001), Straw Dogs, Blow-Up(1966), Shane, Cut Throats Nine, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Il Grande Silenzio(1968), Ride The High Country, A Bullet for the General(1968), Once Upon a Time in the West, The Wild Bunch, Joe Kidd, The Culpepper Cattle Co(1972), High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Long Riders, The Graduate(1967), Dirty Harry(1971), The Mechanic, Hard Times, Play Misty For Me, Night of the Iguana(1964), Death Wish(1974), Vice Squad, Love Story(1970), Fists in the Pocket(1965) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari(1920), L' Aventura(1960), The Demon (1978-Yoshitaro Nomura), Cannibal Holocaust, Eyes Without A Face(1959), Freaks(1932), Night of the Living Dead, The Phantom of the Opera(1925), Sunset Boulevard(1950), Pandora's Box(1928), Diary of a Lost Girl(1929), All Quiet on the Western Front(1930), Witchfinder General, Dead of Night(1945), The Exorcist, The Tin Drum, The Shining, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Wicker Man(1973), Southern Comfort, Night and the City, Psycho (Hitchcock), Nightmare (1981), Blood and Black Lace, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave(1968), The Maltese Falcon, Leon, Lady in White, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Mother's Day, The Burning, Ravenous, How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966), Zombie, The Beyond, City of the Living Dead, The Last House on Dead End Street, The Innocents (1961), Suspiria, Maniac(1980), A Christmas Story, Black Christmas(1974), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen(1988), Dazed and Confused, Braveheart, Fritz Lang's "M"(1931),Vertigo, Mad Max, Wisconsin Death Trip, King Kong (1933), Nosferatu (1922), Spoorloos(1988), Profondo Rosso(1975), Bad Lieutenant, Easy Rider, Cool Hand Luke, Paths of Glory, Repulsion, Knife in the Water(1962), Triumph of the Will(1934), Apocalypse Now, Wild Strawberries, Blade Runner, Chinatown, The Virgin Spring(1960), The Candy Snatchers(1973), Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Animal House, Modern Times, Casablanca, Public Enemy, Vargtimmen(1968), A Face in the Crowd, The Road Warrior, Reservoir Dogs, The Woman in Black, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Nightmare Alley, Rebecca(1940), It's a Wonderful Life, The Silent Partner, Photographing Fairies, Some Girls, Killing Zoe, The Rules of Attraction, Whore, The Devils, The Passion of Darkly Noon, Powwow Highway, The Plague Dogs, Lost Horizon (1937), Reservoir Dogs, Don't Look Now, The Civil War (Ken Burns), The Beguiled, An American Christmas Carol, Eye of the Devil, The Tenant, Duel(1971), Tess, 12+1, Der Untergang (2004), Metropolis(1927), 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stalingrad, Black Narcissus(1947), Rififi (1955), Full Metal Jacket, The Boost, Young Frankenstein, Blake Edward's "10", Blood Simple, Barton Fink, The Red Violin, Requiem for a Dream, Cookers, Ms. 45, The Butcher Boy(1997), The Boondock Saints(1999), Amores Perros(2000), Morvern Callar(2002), The Kid Stays in the Picture(2002),The Pianist, Sideways, The Descent, Pretty Persuasion, A Very Long Engagement(2004), The Passion of the Christ, 11:14(2003), The Proposition (2005), Sleeping Beauty, Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto", Edmond(2006)
Television:
Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" and "Night Gallery"
Books:
Rod Serling, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Philip Ridley, Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, Charles Beaumont, Clive Barker, Ambrose Bierce, Richard Laymon, Richard Matheson, Truman Capote, James Hilton, Henry James, William Peter Blatty, Shirley Jackson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, In Cold Blood, The Woods Are Dark, A Christmas Carol, Off Season, True Crime books, Wuthering Heights, Gone With the Wind, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dracula, Helter Skelter, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Ghost Story, The Illustrated Man, 2001-A Space Odyssey, I Am Legend, The Black Cat, The Underground Railroad, Roots, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Christmas Story, Dandelion Wine, Moby Dick, Stanley Kubrick: The Interviews, Roman: by Polanski, Fatal Vision, The Biography of Malcolm X, Roman Polanski: The Interviews.
Heroes:
George Washington, Charles Laughton, Charles Beaumont, Philip Ridley, Amelia Earhart, Buddy Holly, Rod Serling, Edgar Allan Poe, Roman Polanski, Robert Evans, Stanley Kubrick, Dario Argento, Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, George Foreman, Jack Johnson, Sonny Liston, David Vetter, John Walsh, Doug Williams, Mark Rypien, The Doors, My Dad.
