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| 7:30 p.m. | Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis Mary Jordan (U.S., 2006) |
Jack Smith, "the cult filmmaker's cult filmmaker" (Ed Halter, Village Voice), was a difficult, vastly creative artist. Best known for his erotically charged transvestite orgy Flaming Creatures, which was at the center of obscenity struggles, he died in relative obscurity, but his flamboyant camp aesthetic was an inspiration to Andy Warhol, Jack Waters, and Robert Wilson, among many others. Through photographs, clips from his underground films and fugitive performances, and recordings of his ranting monologues, this long-awaited documentary pays tribute to Smith as a cornerstone of the fifties and sixties New York art scene. Smith lived his art, raging against landlords and curators, enacting lurid B-movie fantasies, and transforming his Lower East Side apartment into sumptuous, salvaged sets; his was a fantastic utopia.
• Produced by Kenneth Wayne Peralta, Mary Jordan. (96 mins, B&W/Color, DigiBeta, From Arthouse Films)
Followed by short:
Blonde Cobra (Ken Jacobs, U.S., 1959–63). Featuring Jack Smith. (Images gathered by Bob Fleischner, sound-film composed by Ken Jacobs, 30 mins, With live radio, B&W/Color, 16mm, PFA Collection)
• (Total running time: 126 mins)
