Jack Smith

Jack Smith at IFFR

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  Two Wrenching Departures

  For a long time, the pioneering experimental films of Ken Jacobs only existed in live performances, legendary and not often seen. Thanks to digital

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• Blonde Cobra

  * Images gathered by Bob Fleischner, sound-film composed by Ken Jacobs. “Jack says I made the film too heavy. It was his and Bob’s inte

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  Star Spangled to Death – Part 1

  Ken Jacob’s life’s work, an epic of the ‘underground’ cinema. A ‘desperately beautiful immersion in childish behaviou

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  Little Stabs at Happiness

  “Material was cut in as it came out of the camera, embarrassing moments intact. 100′ rolls timed well with music on old 78’s. I w

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• Perfect Film

  TV newscast discards from 1965 relating to the assassination of Malcom X, out-takes of history reprinted as found in a Canal Street bin (with the e

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