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Scotch Tape
Directed by Jack Smith
US 1959/62, 16mm, color, 3 min.
With Jerry Sims, Ken Jacobs and Reese Haire
On the rubble-strewn site of the future Lincoln Center Ken Jacobs assembled his cast for the shooting of his epic Star Spangled to Death. Smith seized the opportunity and took Jacobs' camera to film the others cavorting and dancing around the ruins. The title arises from the piece of scotch tape which had become wedged in the camera gate. Tony Conrad credits his work on Scotch Tape's innovative soundtrack as a revelation that informed his own filmmaking practice.
Directed by Jack Smith
US 1959/62, 16mm, color, 3 min.
With Jerry Sims, Ken Jacobs and Reese Haire
On the rubble-strewn site of the future Lincoln Center Ken Jacobs assembled his cast for the shooting of his epic Star Spangled to Death. Smith seized the opportunity and took Jacobs' camera to film the others cavorting and dancing around the ruins. The title arises from the piece of scotch tape which had become wedged in the camera gate. Tony Conrad credits his work on Scotch Tape's innovative soundtrack as a revelation that informed his own filmmaking practice.