![]() ![]() The externalization of that tarnished magic and glamour, which obsessed him, enabled him to both exoticize and humanize a conservative American culture enamored with progress and bruised in its formation by economic speculation and cold war. Normal Love, Smiths 1963 feature-length film, is loosely based on horror movies, particularly from the 1930s and 40s, as well as the work of Dominican-born. Vanguard Filmmaker, radical photographer, seminal performance artist, Queer saint: the late Jack Smith maintained an intense, lifelong rapture conjured out of the frayed magic and glamour of a Hollywood that had come to camp out on the movie set of his own mind. Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith embraced the Golden Age of Hollywood and underground culture in equal measure, and became a notorious icon for later generations. NEWLY RESTORED PRINTS FROM THE GLADSTONE GALLERY ![]() ![]() Posted June 20th, 2012 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events New 16mm Jack Smith Prints Available for Rent
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