{"product_id":"jack-smith-selects-from-the-grave-anthology-film-archives-new-york-2015","title":"Jack Smith Selects (From the Grave...), Anthology Film Archives, New York, 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003e21.5 × 14 cm. Offset print on semi-gloss card stock, colour recto and black-and-white text verso. Very good vintage condition with light handling wear and minor surface marks consistent with age and use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal programme card issued by Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave (at 2nd St) NYC, for \u003cem\u003eJack Smith Selects (From the Grave...)\u003c\/em\u003e, 13 November – 1 December 2015. Curated by Jerry Tartaglia. anthologyfilmarchives.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued to coincide with what would have been Jack Smith’s 83rd birthday (14 November), the programme presented two series: restored works by Jack Smith, and a selection of films personally admired by Smith, curated from a 1971 letter to filmmaker and writer Peter Gidal. Smith’s selections included Alexander Korda’s \u003cem\u003eThe Private Life of Don Juan\u003c\/em\u003e, Arthur Lubin’s \u003cem\u003eWhite Savage\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Bresson’s \u003cem\u003eLes Dames du Bois de Boulogne\u003c\/em\u003e, Luchino Visconti’s \u003cem\u003eIl Gattopardo\u003c\/em\u003e, Ludwig Berger’s \u003cem\u003eThief of Bagdad\u003c\/em\u003e, Jean Vigo’s \u003cem\u003eZéro de conduite\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ron Rice’s \u003cem\u003eThe Flower Thief\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside screenings of Smith’s own \u003cem\u003eFlaming Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChumlum\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNormal Love\u003c\/em\u003e. Special guests included Jerry Tartaglia, Brian Baiserman, Jeannie Reymes, Cocoñut, Fleur Buckley, Peter Gidal, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than functioning solely as an exhibition handout, the card maps Smith’s own cinematic influences, revealing the network of references surrounding one of the most influential figures in underground American cinema. It records not only a retrospective but an act of selection, presenting Smith through the films he chose to champion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs surviving printed material from a significant institutional reappraisal of his legacy, it remains an increasingly desirable piece of ephemera for collectors of avant-garde film, performance, and post-war counterculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthology Film Archives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53807079227730,"sku":"SMITH-AFA-INV-2015","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Smith_Jack._Jack_Smith_selects_retrospective_Anthology_Film_Archives._2015_front_486f52a1-89e5-4c5c-a56e-35da4207ab82.jpg?v=1782033033","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/jack-smith-selects-from-the-grave-anthology-film-archives-new-york-2015","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}