John Smith Movies
- 2024
Man number 4
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Gaza, December 2023. A confrontation with a disturbing photograph on social media triggers questions about what it means to be an onlooker.
- 2024
Being John Smith
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Being John Smith is a deceptively wry and deeply felt work by the English avant-garde legend, in which Smith reflects on his life and career by way...
- 1984
Shepherd’s Delight
Shepherd’s Delight5.51984HD
Many of my films involve humour, but unlike the earlier work Shepherd’s Delight attempts to confront the problem of humour head-on, referring...
- 1976
The Girl Chewing Gum
The Girl Chewing Gum6.61976HD
At Stamford Road in Dalston Junction of east London, the camera follows pedestrians, cars and birds while a narrator, who appears to be the director...
- 2007
Hotel Diaries
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Made over six years in the hotels of six different countries, Hotel Diaries charts the 'War on Terror' era of Bush and Blair through a seven-part...
- 2007
Hotel Diaries: Six Years Later
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The filmmaker returns to the city where he made the first video in the series [Frozen War] and looks back at the events of the past six years.
- 2010
Flag Mountain
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A view across the border in Nicosia, the divided capital of Cyprus. The camera looks over the rooftops of the Greek Cypriot south to the mountains of...
- 2021
Citadel
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Filmed from the artist’s window during the first English lockdown, ‘Citadel’ combines short fragments from British Prime Minister...
- 1978
Hackney Marshes
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Artist John Smith tells stories about tower block life, editing in bold, unconventional fashion, cutting into the material and highlighting the...
- 1996
Blight
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A short film featuring the voices of those affected when the M11 Link Road in East London was built, accompanied by scenes and sounds of demolition.
- 2016
Who Are We?
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On the 23rd of June 2016 Britain voted to leave the European Union. Who Are We? is a re-working of material from a BBC television debate transmitted...
- 1987
The Black Tower
The Black Tower6.71987HD
A man finds himself haunted by a mysterious black tower in London that appears to follow him wherever he goes.
- 1975
Associations
Associations6.51975HD
'Associations' sets language against itself by using the ambiguities inherent in the English language. Images from magazines and color supplements...
- 2019
In Far Away Land
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Back stroke butterfly, front crawl and bras, we are awash in an ocean of bubbles. Meanwhile Captain Ahab sets sail on his magic carpet in search of...
- 2018
Song For Europe
Song For Europe02018HD
On December 1st 1990, watched by the world’s media, construction worker Graham Fagg of Dover climbed through a hole in a chalk wall 40 metres...
- 1992
Gargantuan
Gargantuan7.251992HD
“London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and...
- 2021
Covid Messages
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‘Covid Messages’ is a video in six parts, based around broadcasts of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s COVID-19 press conferences. The...
- 2021
Record
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A larger than life tribute to Prince Philip, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, recorded in 2002 and completed on the day of his death, April...
- 2003
Worst Case Scenario
Worst Case Scenario82003HD
An exploration of the ambiguities of documentary photographs which develops ideas triggered by a German pun. Worst Case Scenario starts out as a...
- 2012
Dad's Stick
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Dad’s Stick features three well-used objects that were shown to the artist by his father shortly before he died. Two of these were so steeped...