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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:15

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.3/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:Apr 11, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: Jack Smith was a legendary figure on the New York avant garde art scene, and his FLAMING CREATURES is rightly hailed as a masterpiece in its field. This documentary gives an overview of Smith's... Jack Smith was a legendary figure on the New York avant garde art scene, and his FLAMING CREATURES is rightly hailed as a masterpiece in its field. This documentary gives an overview of Smith's incredible career. [More]

Starring: John Waters, Ken Jacobs, Judith Malina, Jonas Mekas

Starring: John Waters, Ken Jacobs, Judith Malina, Jonas Mekas, Maria Montez, Andrew Sarris

Director: Mary Jordan

Director: Mary Jordan
Screenwriter: Mary Jordan
Producer: Mary Jordan

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Mary Jordan's documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis is part unsparing explication of a life story, part love-stuck personification of Smith's working philosophy.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
11/30/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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06/05/07
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04/25/07
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It's the only place you'll find clips of his notorious masterpiece Flaming Creatures (1963), and for that alone it's worth seeing.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
04/19/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Jordan’s film is a glorious visual achievement in its own right, as well as part of the rancorous ongoing dispute over Smith’s legacy.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
04/14/07
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out

If modern art-lovers want to understand what the Jack Smith experience was like, Jordan's documentary may be their best chance.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
04/14/07
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

This invaluable record contains a treasure trove of clips from Smith's hard-to-see and still striking films, plus comments that were culled from hours of interviews with this flamboyant pioneer.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
04/13/07
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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There is invaluable material here, but also a lack of context for the wonderfully outre footage.

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04/12/07
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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Mary Jordan's documentary is an impressive, fascinating achievement.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
04/12/07
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Alternately bizarre and inspired, but an appropriate tribute to an uncompromisingly experimental innovator in the field of cinema.

Full Review Source: Denver Urban Spectrum | comment Comment
04/12/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Denver Urban Spectrum

An intriguing, and profoundly frustrating, view of the New York underground hero.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
04/11/07
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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The intoxicating documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis, directed by Mary Jordan, is a love poem to the New York City of the '50s and '60s, when Smith, the visionary of camp, more or less invented performance art.

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04/11/07
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Thank heavens for Mary Jordan's vibrant, funny and tragic documentary, an entertaining hodgepodge of artifacts and impressions of a "creature" whose influence on photography, drama, film and art is still felt today.

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04/11/07
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's gratifying when an influential underground artist is profiled in an accessible documentary. For that reason alone, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis is worth seeing.

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04/11/07
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
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In some ways Smith's art became commodified only after he died and his estranged sister gained control over his work, though that did lead to this documentary, a fascinating introduction to his special world.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/10/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Helmer Mary Jordan does an extraordinary job sorting through extensive material and gathering a who's who of collaborators and disciples, offering an insightful and incisive portrait of a self-destructive paranoid artist.

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04/10/07
Jay Weissberg
Jay Weissberg
Variety
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Smith's own work, here montaged for easy digestion, is already too rich and sumptuous to require any further frosting.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
04/10/07
Ed Halter
Ed Halter
Village Voice
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In Jordan’s documentary you see the roots of camp as distinctly melancholy and yearning, a world of the spirit that can never be made flesh.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
04/09/07
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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The film tries a little too fastidiously to piece together a life its owner tried quite brazenly to shatter.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
04/09/07
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
 
 
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