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In business since 1997, All Day has made a name for itself as
one of the best DVD manufacturers in this emerging market. Publications
as diverse as The Laserdisc Newsletter, Video Watchdog, DVD Review, Mondo Digital, Midnight Marquee, Shivers, Fangoria, Premiere Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter have trumpeted our cause.
And our commitment to giving these films the red carpet treatment
on DVD has won All Day Entertainment a loyal base of consumers
whose fan mail adorns All Day Online, at www.alldayentertainment.com.
David Kalat, founder of All Day Entertainment, is also a film
historian and promoter of unusual motion pictures. Kalat is the
author of A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series (1997, McFarland Press), Homicide: Life on the Street--The Unofficial Companion (1998, Renaissance Books), The Strange Case of Doctor Mabuse (2001, McFarland Press) and J-Horror: The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond from Vertical Press (2007). Kalat writes about obscure films for Turner Classic Movies Online, Video Watchdog, Filmfax, G-Fan, Midnight Marquee, Scarlet Street, and other publications.
To contact All Day, e-mail David Kalat with your comments, criticisms, and questions.
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David Paul Kalat
Curriculum Vitae
Born on April 7, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Graduated with
a Bachelor of the Arts in 1992, Major in Film and Video Studies.
James B. Angell Scholar, Top 1% of class.
• Universitaet Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. Attended in 1990-1991
scholastic year, studied Art History and German.
WRITINGS:
Books:
Articles:
• Untrue West: The True Story of Karl May (Filmfax, Number 110, April-June 2006)
• Exoticism and eroticism in French horror cinema: a brief introduction to the world of Jean Rollin (Kino Eye, Vol 2 Issue 7, April 2002)
• Fantomas, An Appreciation (Scarlet Street, Issue 44)
• The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press (Scarlet Street, Issue 43)
• The Fall and Rise of The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Video Watchdog, Issue 62)
• Bluebeard: The Most Sinister Love Story Ever Told! (Filmfax, Issue 77)
• Misfits Unite! Orson Welles, Jess Franco, and Don Quixote (Filmfax, Issue 77)
• Ganja & Hess Undead (Video Watchdog, Issue 47)
• Seven vs. Dr. Phibes (Midnight Marquee Monsters, Issue 61)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse (Midnight Marquee Monsters, issue 58)
• Godzilla vs. the Film Industry (G-Fan, Issue 17)
• The Americanization of Godzilla 1985 (G-Fan, Issue 20)
• The Disney-Toho Conspiracy (G-Fan, issue 25)
DVD liner notes and commentary tracks:
• Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster--DVD audio commentary, 2006
• A Submarine Pirate--DVD audio commentary included in AMERICAN SLAPSTICK, 2006
• The Strange Woman--DVD audio commentary, 2005
• Eyes Without a Face--DVD liner notes, 2004
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse--DVD audio commentary, 2004
• Dr. Mabuse der Spieler--DVD audio commentary, 2001
• The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse--DVD audio commentary, 2000
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse--DVD audio commentary, 2000
• Gamera vs. Guillon--VHS liner notes
Additional Writing:
• Staff writer for The Comedy Company, a live comedy troupe at
the University of Michigan (1989-1990, 1991-1992).
• Staff writer for The Michigan Delay, a satirical biweekly in
Ann Arbor, Michigan (1988-1989).
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
• Member of the Board of Directors of The Bloomington Playwrights
Project, one of Indiana’s most esteemed theater companies (1995-1996).
Screenplays:
• “When Prophecy Fails,” screenplay, unproduced
• “Judy’s Night,” screenplay, unproduced
• “Determination” screenplay, 30 minute motion picture, 1993
• “The Radio Show” screenplay, 30 minute motion picture, 1992
• “Mega Morphosis” screenplay, 7 minute cartoon, 1991
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