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Jack Smith (November 14, 1932 – September 25, 1989) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown. ==Life and career== Smith was raised in Texas where he made his first film, ''Buzzards over Baghdad'', in 1952. He moved to New York in 1953.〔("Film Examines Art-World Provocateur" ) By David Ebony, ''Art in America'', May '07, p.47. Retrieved 2-3-09. Includes photos of Smith in pre-production for ''Flaming Creatures'' and in ''Shadows in the City.''〕 The most famous (and arguably the most notorious) of Smith's productions is ''Flaming Creatures'' (1963). The film is a satire of Hollywood B movies and tribute to actress Maria Montez, who starred in many such productions. However, authorities considered some scenes to be pornographic. Copies of the movie were confiscated at the premiere and it was subsequently banned (technically, it still is to this day). Despite not being viewable, the movie gained some notoriety when footage was screened during Congressional hearings and right-wing politician Strom Thurmond mentioned it in anti-porn speeches. Smith's next movie ''Normal Love'' was the only work in Smith's oeuvre with an almost conventional length (120 mins.), and featured multiple underground stars, including Mario Montez, Diane di Prima, Tiny Tim, Francis Francine, Beverley Grant, John Vaccaro, and others. The rest of his productions consists mainly of short movies, many never screened in a cinema, but featured in performances and constantly re-edited to fit the stage needs (including ''Normal Love''). Apart from appearing in his own work, Smith worked as an actor. He played the lead in Andy Warhol's unfinished film ''Batman Dracula'', Ken Jacobs's ''Blonde Cobra'', and appeared in several theater productions by Robert Wilson. He also worked as a photographer and founded the Hyperbole Photographic Studio in New York. In 1962, he released ''The Beautiful Book'', a collection of pictures of New York artists, that was re-released by Granary Books. After his last film, ''No President'' (1967), Smith created performance and experimental theatre work until his death on September 25, 1989 from AIDS-related pneumonia. In 1978 Sylvère Lotringer conducted a 13 page interview with Smith (with photos) in Columbia University's philosophy department publication of Semiotext(e) called ''Schizo-Culture: The Event, The Book''.〔Sylvère Lotringer & David Morris (Eds), ''Schizo-Culture: The Event, The Book'', Semiotext(e), 1978, re-published in 2013, pp. 192–203〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Smith (film director)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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