No President
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Note: Sound on CD. Smith's third feature film was originally titled "The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love Bandit," in reaction to the 1968 Presidential Campaign. Willkie was a liberal Republican who ran against FDR in the 1940's. It mixes B&W footage of Smith's creatures with old campaign footage of Willkie. The climax of the work appears to be the "auctioning" of the presidential candidate at the convention. Brand new distribution print courtesy of Gladstone Gallery.
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Counter-Culture / Counter-Cinema: "Flaming Creatures" and "No President"
Two groundbreaking films by Jack Smith
The fifth installment of “Counter-Culture / Counter-Cinema” focuses on the work of Jack Smith, whose polymorphously perverse performances and ignominious transgressions of social, political, and institutional decorum made him both a pioneer and a pariah in avant-garde artistic circles.
Films
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Other films by this artist in our catalogue
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Respectable Creatures
Jack Smithcolor, sound on CD, 24 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Scotch Tape
Jack Smith16mm, color, sound, 3 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Overstimulated
Jack Smith16mm, black and white, silent, 3 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Flaming Creatures
Jack Smith16mm, black and white, sound, 43 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
Normal Love
Jack Smithcolor, sound on CD, 120 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Yellow Sequence
Jack Smithcolor, sound on CD, 15 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
I Was A Male Yvonne De Carlo
Jack Smith16mm, black and white, sound on CD, 28 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Jungle Island
Jack Smithcolor, sound on CD, 15 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Song for Rent
Jack Smithcolor, sound on CD, 4 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Hot Air Specialists
Jack Smithcolor, sound on CD, 7 minRental format: 16mm