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Aug 4, 1995 · Roy Cohn/Jack Smith: Directed by Jill Godmilow. With Ron Vawter, Coco McPherson. From one of the seminal theatrical events of the 1990s, on Ron Vawter's stunning performance piece ROY COHN / JACK SMITH, Jill Godmilow has crafted a dramatically deft, comic and terrifying film diptych of queer-on-queer.
While across town and light years away, the notorious underground filmmaker of FLAMING CREATURES fame, Jack Smith, in flamboyant harem drag, constructs his own private resistance theatre from fragments of Arabian Nights kitsch, avant-garde film feuds and passionate B-movie camp.
Aug 4, 1995 · When Jill Godmilow’s documentary Roy Cohn/Jack Smith premiered at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival, the number of AIDS-related deaths was reaching an all-time high in the United States (over 270,000).
Synopsis. When Jill Godmilow’s documentary Roy Cohn/Jack Smith premiered at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival, the number of AIDS-related deaths was reaching an all-time high in the United States (over 270,000).
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Ron Vawter portrays both gay power-broker Roy Cohn and gay art-film maker Jack Smith.
Brief Synopsis. A double portrait of two complex minds, and two completely opposing approaches to gay sexuality.
