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Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
Title
Roy Cohn/Jack Smith [videorecording] / Jonathan Demme presents a production of Good Machine, Pomodori Foundation, the Laboratory for Icon & Idiom ; producers, Ted Hope & James Schamus, and Marianne Weems ; director, Jill Godmilow.
ISBN
1565802667
Published
Chicago, IL : Facets Video, [2000]
Physical Description
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Originally produced in 1994.
Director of original theatrical production, Gregory Mehrten ; director of photography, Ellen Kuras ; editor, Merril Stern ; music, Michael Sahl.
Filmed on location at the "The Kitchen", New York City, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1993.
Summary
Ron Vawter performs two linked monologues contrasting how two prominent men dealt with their homosexuality: the first, a portrayal of a classic after-dinner speech for the Society for the Protection of the American Family by Roy Cohn, McCarthy-era prosecutor; the second is Vawter's remounting of avant-garde filmmaker Jack Smith's own "performance-of-the self," entitled "What's underground about marshmallows?", originally performed by Smith in 1981.
Variant and related titles
Ron Vawter in Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
What's underground about marshmallows?
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 19, 2003
Credits
Director of original theatrical production, Gregory Mehrten ; director of photography, Ellen Kuras ; editor, Merril Stern ; music, Michael Sahl.
Cast
Ron Vawter, Coco McPherson.
System details note
VHS.
Contents
Roy Cohn / written by Gary Indiana
What's underground about marshmallows / written by Jack Smith.
Subjects
Also listed under
Good Machine (Firm)
Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)
Pomodori Foundation.
Laboratory for Icon & Idiom.
Facets Video (Firm)
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