No President
Director: Jack Smith
Cast: Charles Henri Ford, Donna Kerness, Francis Francine, Gerard Malanga, Jerry Sims, Mario Montez, Piero Heliczer, Tally Brown
Synopsis:
Cast: Charles Henri Ford, Donna Kerness, Francis Francine, Gerard Malanga, Jerry Sims, Mario Montez, Piero Heliczer, Tally Brown
Synopsis:
Smith’s third feature film was originally titled “The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love Bandit,” in reaction to the 1968 Presidential Campaign. Willkie was a liberal Republican who ran against FDR in the 1940’s. It mixes B&W footage of Smith’s creatures with old campaign footage of Willkie. The climax of the work appears to be the “auctioning” of the presidential candidate at the convention. – Flicker
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