John Smith Movies

  • 2024
    Man number 4

    Man number 4

    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.

    Man number 4
  • 2024
    Being John Smith

    Being John Smith

    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...

    Being John Smith
  • 1984
    Shepherd’s Delight

    Shepherd’s Delight

    Shepherd’s Delight

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    Many of my films involve humour, but unlike the earlier work Shepherd’s Delight attempts to confront the problem of humour head-on, referring...

    Shepherd’s Delight
  • 1976
    The Girl Chewing Gum

    The Girl Chewing Gum

    The Girl Chewing Gum

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    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...

    The Girl Chewing Gum
  • 2007
    Hotel Diaries

    Hotel Diaries

    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...

    Hotel Diaries
  • 2007
    Hotel Diaries: Six Years Later

    Hotel Diaries: Six Years Later

    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.

    Hotel Diaries: Six Years Later
  • 2010
    Flag Mountain

    Flag Mountain

    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...

    Flag Mountain
  • 2021
    Citadel

    Citadel

    Citadel

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    Filmed from the artist’s window during the first English lockdown, ‘Citadel’ combines short fragments from British Prime Minister...

    Citadel
  • 1978
    Hackney Marshes

    Hackney Marshes

    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...

    Hackney Marshes
  • 1996
    Blight

    Blight

    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.

    Blight
  • 2016
    Who Are We?

    Who Are We?

    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...

    Who Are We?
  • 1987
    The Black Tower

    The Black Tower

    The Black Tower

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    A man finds himself haunted by a mysterious black tower in London that appears to follow him wherever he goes.

    The Black Tower
  • 1975
    Associations

    Associations

    Associations

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    'Associations' sets language against itself by using the ambiguities inherent in the English language. Images from magazines and color supplements...

    Associations
  • 2019
    In Far Away Land

    In Far Away Land

    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...

    In Far Away Land
  • 2018
    Song For Europe

    Song For Europe

    Song For Europe

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    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...

    Song For Europe
  • 1992
    Gargantuan

    Gargantuan

    Gargantuan

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    “London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and...

    Gargantuan
  • 2021
    Covid Messages

    Covid Messages

    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...

    Covid Messages
  • 2021
    Record

    Record

    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...

    Record
  • 2003
    Worst Case Scenario

    Worst Case Scenario

    Worst Case Scenario

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    An exploration of the ambiguities of documentary photographs which develops ideas triggered by a German pun. Worst Case Scenario starts out as a...

    Worst Case Scenario
  • 2012
    Dad's Stick

    Dad's Stick

    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...

    Dad's Stick