Title: The Making of Dual Mania
Subtitle: Filmmaking Chicago Style
Description: Inspired by the feature film produced, written, and directed by Chicago filmmaker Joseph Strickland, The Making of Dual Mania: Filmmaking Chicago Style is a boldly personal account of what it takes to create, produce, and direct an independent feature film in current times. The nonfiction narrative takes the reader through the sometimes hilarious, frustrating, and bewildering film production process with the fiercely creative Strickland, along with co-authors B.J. Patterson and Cat Ellington, witnessing a fiery account of his own firsthand experiences through the menacing highs and lows of independent filmmaking in Chicago. With a fascinating foreword by Cat Ellington, The Making of Dual Mania: Filmmaking Chicago Style also features in-depth interviews with the filmmakers, detailed storyboards, behind-the-scenes photos, and the original motion picture screenplay.
Subjects: performing arts, film & video, history & criticism, art, movie direction & production, humor & general, Literature
Places: Chicago, Columbia College of Chicago, John Hancock Building, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Chicago Defender, Screen Magazine
People: Joseph Strickland, BJ Patterson, Cat Ellington, John Pierson, David Malmann, Spike Lee, Chris Zorich, Stedman Graham, Robin Robinson, Kiele Sanchez, Natalie Cole, Jeffrey Dahmer, James Spinks, Robert Townsend, Roger Ebert, Amy Hilliard-Jones, David Mahlmann
Time periods: 1993 - 1999