Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

United States

2006

95 Min

Color, Black and White

1.33:1

English

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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EXEC Stephen Kessler, Ross Morgan, Kenneth Peralta

PROD Mary Jordan, Richard Prince, Kenneth Wayne

CAST Jack Smith, Ken Jacobs, George Kuchar, Jonas Mekas, John Waters, Nick Zedd, Mario Montez, Holly Woodlawn, Ira Cohen, Tony Conrad, Gary Indiana, Judith Malina, Taylor Mead, Billy Name, Andy Warhol, Mary Woronov, John Zorn

MUSIC Thurston Moore, John Zorn

SOUND Bill Seery

Tribeca: Honorable Mention, Berlinale (Forum)

Synopsis

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. Highlights include the story behind the Supreme Court case over the banning of his 1963 classic Flaming Creatures. –IMDb