Directed by:
Mary JordanScreenplay:
Mary JordanCinematography:
Mary JordanCast:
Jack Smith, Andy Warhol, Henry Hills, Tony Conrad, John Waters, George Kuchar, Jonas Mekas, Mario Montez, Jerry Tartaglia, John Zorn, Robert Wilson, Billy Name (more)Plots(1)
Jack Smith is simultaneously hailed as the godfather of performance art, a groundbreaking photographer and the "William Blake" of film. His utopian ideals, artistic processes and bejeweled artworks became essential influences to contemporary art superstars like Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini and Matthew Barney.
In her feature-length film debut, director Mary Jordan combines Smith's rare and unseen films and photographs with rare audio recordings, acting appearances and other relics squeezed from Smith's vaulted archives. Jordan also delves into Smith s tenuous relationship with Andy Warhol who adopted Smith's ideas and actors in his own work (including Smith's Superstars concept) his vilification of New American cinema pioneer Jonas Menkas and other previously undocumented biographical topics.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Jack Smith
USA
Best movies:
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Andy Warhol
USA
Best movies:
Tootsie (1982)
The Driver's Seat (1974)
Detroit Rock City (1999) - a.f.
Tony Conrad
USA
John Waters
USA
Best movies:
Jackass: Number Two (2006)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Hairspray (1988)
George Kuchar
USA
Best movies:
Thundercrack! (1975)
Screamplay (1985)
Bongwater (1998)
Mario Montez
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Chelsea Girls (1966)
Jerry Tartaglia
USA
John Zorn
USA
Robert Wilson
USA
Billy Name
USA
Ira Cohen
USA
Ronald Tavel
USA
Judith Malina
German Empire
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Radio Days (1987)
Mike Kelley
USA
John Vaccaro
USA