Harry Smith - Heaven And Earth Magic (Excerpt)

Part of the beginning...
The entire film can be purchased at the Harry Smith Archives on DVD or VHS.

www.harrysmitharchives.com

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  Film & Animation

[ibotanist]

I think your point was well made. The distinction between opinion and criticism becomes more and more tenuous as social media glorifies opinion and reduces the evaluation of art, music and literature to something "liked" or "disliked," thumbs up or down, or the hardly more useful continuum of 1 to 5 stars. Mass opinion is not the same as informed consensus.

[diantonovich]

Well, seriously, objective quality is of course a theoretical concept, but it is possible to distinguish between "I like it" and "It is a quality work". For example, I like certain little cartoons, but I don't really think that they are a quality production; I just like it. On the other hand, Metallica is a fairly skilled group of musicians, and I appreciate their quality, but I don't really like it, its not my style. It's a feeling, but there is some consensus, and it depenends

[Vangelis Petridis]

thank you

[MrCrispian]

harry smith was a stoned folk archivist with an interest in sex magic.....The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next follows an elaborate exposition of the heavenly land, in terms of Israel and Montreal. The second part depicts the return to Earth from being eaten by Max Müller on the day Edward VII dedicated the Great Sewer of London.

[nescio79]

How ironic to thumb this up. I've just been ironic.

[fkshsdjfhds]

jkjk

[fkshsdjfhds]

don't watch this shit

[SUSHIroyalee]

dis shit cray

[MightyQuinn2021]

I like it. Hopefully it will get wider release than a $100 dvd

[SyrupPiratesdotcom]

yes, that was the music video for Herbie Hancock's "rock it"