Caligari's Cure, Reel 1

Most well-known for his off-beat and darkly comedic documentaries about life on the margins, Chicago filmmaker Tom Palazzolo took his first stab at feature-length fictional storytelling with Caligari’s Cure, an irreverent retelling of his Catholic up-bringing that is both absurd and tender. Chicago (very loosely) plays a bizarro St. Louis populated with brightly-colored hand-painted sets and Palazzolo’s full-grown SAIC students roped in to play the filmmaker’s childhood friends.

Credits

Tom Palazzolo (director); Allen Ross (sound); Richard Wargo (sound); Lynn Burnstan (sound); Paul Garstki (music); Kevin Smith (cinematographer); Peter Keenan (assistant director); Andy Somma (actor); Carmela Rago (actor); Ellen Fisher (actor); Paul Rosin (actor); Tom Kwilosz (actor); Dave West (actor); Suzanne Dunn (actor); Ramone Dixon (actor); Ron Kantor (actor); Ed Pino (actor); Phil Capuano (actor); Heather McAdams (actor); Jessica Gomez (actor); Bob Moise (actor); Pat McGreal (actor); Marille Hahne (actor); Hans Schaal (actor); Roberta Rodriguez (actor); Flanagan MacKenzie (actor); Story Mann (actor); Don MacCrimmon (actor); Dan Branick (actor); Peter Keenan (actor); Marie O’Ryan (actor); Richard Peña (actor); John Heinz (actor); E.W. Ross (actor); Kyle Hadley (actor); Bob Loescher (actor); Tom Jaremba (actor); Janice Sperling (actor); Barbara Scharres (actor); Renate Breth (actor); Judy Rossi (actor); Diane Smith (actor); Tatsu Aoki (actor); Darrell Moore (actor); Valentine Taxier (actor); Madam X (actor)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Tom Palazzolo Collection
Subjects: Catholics; Dance; Art Institute of Chicago; Performance art; Catholic schools; Youth
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; North America > United States > Missouri > St. Louis
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 1,212 feet, 1/2
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/28365

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video