John Smith, Being John Smith, 2024, HD video, colour and black and white (film still)
The USA premiere of Being John Smith will take place at New York Film Festival, screening 4 and 5 October.
‘An autobiographical reflection on his unassuming name leads the filmmaker down a wayward path through family photographs, personal archives, and internet searches. Alternately wry and wistful, peppered with Smith’s characteristically droll commentary, Being John Smith flits between self-deprecation and cris de coeur, offering quietly hilarious observations on Smith’s lower middle class origins and career as an avant-garde cinema luminary, as well as unexpectedly melancholic impressions on age and extinction.’
New York Film Festival
Being John Smith will be shown at Kate MacGarry in 2025.
