KYC Contributor Archive
Jeff Krulik
Live Wire: The Culmination
A memorable week culminates in the biggest day of horse racing Jeff Krulik has ever witnessed.
After the Derby: Parting Thoughts
John Scheinman’s parting thoughts from Churchill Downs the day after the Kentucky Derby.
Welcome to Derby Day!
Jeff Krulik and John Scheinman kick off Kentucky Derby day.
Who Do You Like?
Making Kentucky Derby picks on Derby day.
Live Wire: Krulik’s Derby, Day 5
The road to the Kentucky Oaks infield party starts in the media center. This party has been going on for 137 years!
Live Wire: Krulik Takes the Bus
Since I was the last one in the media center the other night, I missed the van and had to take the employee shuttle. It was a memorable ride.
Live Wire: Krulik’s Derby, Day 4
Just another day on the backstretch. A loose horse and Ruben Sierra are among the day’s sights and sounds.
Live Wire: Shout-Out to Boston
One horseplayer’s rallying cry to his hometown heroes and friends, Kathy and Timmy Ritvo.
Live Wire: Krulik’s Derby, Day 3
For many at Churchill Downs during Derby Week, it’s business as usual.
Live Wire: Krulik’s Derby, Day 2
My first visit to Churchill Downs’ legendary backstretch is in the rain. The pouring rain. But John Scheinman guides me through the sights and sounds and most importantly, the thoroughbred right-of-way. Then, to Wagner’s Pharmacy.
Jeff Krulik is the Washington, DC-based award-winning filmmaker who in 1986, with collaborator John Heyn, took a camera to the parking lot of a Judas Priest concert arena -- the result was the cult sensation, Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Krulik's rapport with his subjects yields some of the best verite documentaries you'll see -- I Created Lancelot Link, Ernest Borgnine on the Bus, Obsessed with Jews, Hitler's Hat. His current projects include Heavy Metal Picnic, about one of the most raucus field parties ever, and Led Zeppelin Played Here, about an apocraphyl Led Zep concert in a Maryland gymnasium on the night of Richard Nixon's inauguration.