Hamlet in a Rented World (Fragment)
- Synopsis
- HAMLET IN THE RENTED WORLD ( A FRAGMENT) is an assemblage by Jerry Tartaglia on behalf of the Gladstone Gallery in New York from materials discovered in the Jack Smith Archives, including five quarter-inch audio reels and four rolls of 16mm film (two of them untouched camera originals), all dating from the early 1970s.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2014
- Duration
- 27 mins
Credits
- Director
- Jack Smith (2)
- Cast
Jack Smith (2) Hamlet
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- experimental film & video; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognised as a master photographer.
- History
- The film premiered at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival.
- Reviews
- J. Hoberman, ‘Jack’s Last Tapes’, Artforum, May 2015. The article gives a full account of the assemblage and content of the film.
Archive
- Name
Jack Smith Archive
- Phone
- 212-206 9300
- Address
- Gladstone Gallery
515 W 24th Street
New York
NY 10011
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamlet in a Rented World (Fragment)". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av76598 (Accessed 15 Jan 2025)