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Being John Smith

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2024 · 27 min Documentary Comedy
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

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 of his generic name, grappling with his own mortality and legacy, through a minimal, unassuming deployment of text, image, and voice.

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Year 2024
Country United Kingdom
Genre Documentary, Comedy
Director John Smith
Runtime 27 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.7/10 (5 votes)

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Smith constructs the film as a series of meditative reflections, relying on the stark simplicity of image and text. He explores the boundary between the personal and the universal, using his own name as a conduit to discuss memory, time, and artistic creation.

What lingers after viewing is a quiet but persistent inquiry into legacy, delivered with deceptive ease. The film's wry surface gives way to a deeply felt core. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: John Smith

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