Re: Subject: Re: Apologies to Jack Smith Enthusiasts

From: Chuck Kleinhans (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2006 - 11:39:07 PDT


On Apr 11, 2006, at 8:11 AM, James Tully Studio wrote:

> Yea, so why is it that Tribeca film fest does not show artist's
> films ... but features lame docs about artist filmmakers?

So the people who make films shown there are not artists? Who
decides who gets the honored title? Mr. Tully, who identifies
himself as a videomaker (not a FILM maker) on his website?

> Last year the fest was touting a poorly-made doc about one Taylor
> Meade (a man who used to hang-out with Warhol).
Not being able to correctly spell Mead's name and knowing him only as
someone who hung out with Warhol would disqualify Tully's authority
and judgement in some eyes.

CHUCK KLEINHANS
(not resident in lower Manhattan)

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