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Jack Smith & The Destruction of Atlantis

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Jack Smith & The Destruction of Atlantis
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NR,1hr 35min
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April 11, 2007
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Film Forum
Synopsis: The underground art of renegade performance artist, photographer, and filmmaker Jack Smith is explored through the images he created and the words of those who knew him best in filmmaker Mary Jordan's tribute to the man believed to have inspired some of Andy Warhol's most iconic works. A virulent utopian and anti-capitalist whose works spanned from the 1960s to the late-1980s, Smith gained notoriety early on in his career when he went battled the Supreme Court over the banning of his controversial ... Full Synopsis
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A love poem to the New York City of the '50s and '60s, when Smith, the visionary of camp (Andy Warhol stole from him), more or less invented performance art. Full Review
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