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24 de abr. de 2007 · Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis. This film makes a strong case for the influence of its subject on such figures as Andy Warhol, among many others. By The Associated Press.
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's performances and films punctuate interviews with artists, critics, friends and foes to create an engaging portrait of the artist. Widely known for his banned queer erotica film Flaming Creatures, Smith was an innovator and firebrand who influenced ...
A mesmerizing collage of images and audio from the life and work of Jack Smith, the underground filmmaker, photographer, performance artist, and anti-capitalist, who worked in New York from the '60s until his death in 1989.
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis effectively captures the spirit of this singular artist, while shedding light on the enduring importance of his legacy. Overall, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis is a thoroughly engaging and insightful documentary that sheds new light on one of the most controversial and creative figures of the 20th century.
Jack Smith is an icon of the theatrical avant-garde of the 1960s, a pioneer of the New American Cinema, and a founding figure in the development of performance art. This article draws together some thoughts on Smith's practice by focusing on the figures of the ‘exotic’ and ‘apocalypse’, considered in relation to catastrophe, the uncanny, spatiality, laughter, and the hoax.
29 de may. de 2009 · Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, Mary Jordan’s absorbing documentary portrait of the legendary filmmaker and performer, certainly gives a strong flavor of this underground artist, whose importance never really has been disputed within avant-garde circles, even if he’s not a household name or nearly as famous as many of the other major artists he influenced, including Andy Warhol ...
Underground filmmaker, photographer, actor, performance artist, Lower East Side fixture, homosexual, and anticapitalist Jack Smith was a central figure of New York underground culture from the 1960's until his death in 1989.
