Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool The Writings of Jack Smith |
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| Author:
| Smith, Jack
Hoberman, J. |
| Editor:
| Leffingwell, Edward |
| Series title: | High Risk Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85242-428-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1996 |
| Publisher: | Serpent's Tail Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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During thirty years of astonishing activity as a filmmaker, photographer and performer, Jack Smith produced a body of creative, antic writing that intersects and transcends the genres of hothouse fantasy, criticism and social comment. Bringing together long unavailable essays, performance scripts, interviews and other material, Wait for me at the Bottom of the Pool reveals the ideas and personality of an artist whose distinctive vision has influenced generations of filmmakers and...
More DescriptionDuring thirty years of astonishing activity as a filmmaker, photographer and performer, Jack Smith produced a body of creative, antic writing that intersects and transcends the genres of hothouse fantasy, criticism and social comment. Bringing together long unavailable essays, performance scripts, interviews and other material, Wait for me at the Bottom of the Pool reveals the ideas and personality of an artist whose distinctive vision has influenced generations of filmmakers and performance artists. With caustic wit, Smith praises the performances of Maria Montez as well as the sculpture of Walter de Maria, examines the cult success of Reefer Madness and the uses of pornography, and discusses the perils of democracy, the evils of property and the police state, art history and architecture.