Overview

In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and performance legend Jack Smith, deals less with Smith’s life than with his work, analyzing Smith’s aesthetic idiosyncrasies in 21 thematic chapters. It's a film essay about the artist’s work, rather than a documentary about his life. An unmediated vision of Jack Smith, an invitation to join him in his lost paradise.

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Cast

Jack Smith

Mario Montez

Beverly Grant

Tony Conrad

Agosto Machado

Francis Francine

Irving Rosenthal

Tally Brown

Mary Waronor

Tiny Tim