Benjamin Smoke DVD Trailer

Trailer for the highly acclaimed documentary by directors Jem Cohen (FUGAZI: INSTRUMENT) and Peter Sillen (SPEED RACER) on legendary underground musician Benjamin. BENJAMIN SMOKE follows the crooked path of this fringe-dweller, speed-freak, occasional drag-queen and all-around renegade living in the hidden Atlanta neighborhood called "Cabbagetown," and playing with his band Smoke. This moving, heart-breaking and often funny portrait premiered at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival, won the First Prize Juror's Award at the 2001 Doubletake Documentary Film Festival and had a national theatrical release by Cowboy Pictures, garnering acclaim from critics throughout the country. The DVD edition includes over forty minutes of outtakes and interviews with Benjamin, bonus live footage of Smoke, and performances of unreleased tribute songs by Cat Power and Vic Chesnutt.
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• vic
• chesnutt

[piotrtom]

This song is so touchingly sad. He's voice is so painfull, moving...beautiful and overwhelming...theres no words to describe this feeling when you watching this, the whole film.

[jalollybad]

His voice is haunting and weary, yet I find it to be beautiful in its own beauty.

[UserName11374]

given the nature of the film and the main subject's ultimate fate, i wonder if this isn't one of those un-reviewable works--the kind you can't really discuss meaningfully because there's really no possible negative critique...

[lachimafilms]

If you're a fan of the BENJAMIN SMOKE, you should know Pete Sillen has a new film coming out in 2010 about late poet Steven Jesse Bernstein.

Search: I AM SECRETLY AN IMPORTANT MAN on Facebook to become a fan and keep in the loop on screenings.

[nihilistichick]

i need to see this. I cant find it anywhere!!

[mommyimadeapoopy]

this guy is good. he sounds sorta like a fusion between nick cave and tom waits

[yurui0yr]

search 'smoke - curtains' or see my video

[yurui0yr]

here's the full length of this song

[yurui0yr]

i'm not a girl

can make up a man edition?