Films
Little Stabs At Happiness
Director: Ken Jacobs
Starring: Jack Smith, Jerry Sims
Year: 1959 –63
Runtime: 15 mins.
Synopsis: Featuring Jack Smith. Material was cut in as it came out of the camera, embarrassing moments intact. 100′ rolls timed well with music on old 78s. I was interested in immediacy, a sense of ease, and an art where suffering was acknowledged but not trivialized with dramatics. Whimsy was our achievement, as well as breaking out of step. (from Film-Makers’ Cooperative)
DVD: Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986 (compilation DVD)
Official Website: None
Underground Film Timeline: 1960 — 1969
Reviews: DVD Talk (Glenn Erickson)
Video: None
[...] angel didn’t come, it didn’t happen. I did get some money to finish two other works, Little Stabs at Happiness and Blonde Cobra, which was filmed by Bob Fleischner, abandoned by him as just camera rolls, and [...]