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A love poem to the New York City of the '50s and '60s, when Smith, the visionary of camp (Andy Warhol stole from him), more or less invented performance art.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Vibrant, funny and tragic documentary.Full Review

Ken Fox
TV Guide

If modern art-lovers want to understand what the Jack Smith experience was like, Jordan's documentary may be their best chance.Full Review

Noel Murray
The Onion A.V. Club

In his later years, Smith, who was also a gifted photographer, largely abandoned films in favor of performance art - and his art apparently included deliberately contracting the AIDS that ended his life.Full Review

Lou Lumenick
New York Post

Jordan's interviews, from John Zorn to John Waters, all attest to Smith's reputation as a pivotal influence on film, performance art, gallery installation, and photography; as Richard Foreman once declared, everybody stole from Jack.Full Review

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