Filmed exclusively outdoors, without dialogue, "Life in Pink" presents a mysterious pursuit between two young and handsome boys. It is not clear their motivation, nor the type of relationship they have, nor whether they knew each other before or not. But it is certain that there is a fascination between them, or, at least, that the film sends, in various ways, to a possible att...
During its 1969 showings at the Elgin Theater, No President was preceded by the color short filmed according to Smith’s direction by photographer Don Snyder (who also shot slides during the same session). Smith appeared as his red-wigged, plastic-jawed, alter ego Rose Courtyard, seated in a wheelchair amid the detritus of the Plaster Foundation. The film was accompanied by two ...
With 625 this idea is taken further still. The subject matter is television static, the title referring to the number of lines found on a PAL or SECAM set. Essentially the film sets up a conflict between the two mediums – the grain, flicker and occasional scratches of 16mm versus the video image. Especially pronounced is the competition between the frame rate of the former and ...