Escape From Rented Island The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith (2017)

In his essay film Jerry Tartaglia longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground experimental film and performance legend Jack Smith deals less with Smiths life than with his work analyzing Smiths aesthetic idiosyncrasies in 21 thematic chapters Its a film essay about the artists work rather than a documentary about his life An unmediated vision of Jack Smith an invitation to join him in his lost paradise