http://ascotjsmith.com Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “LAST MAN OF IDAHO” TO RECEIVE WORLD PREMIERE The world premiere of “Last Man of Idaho,” a film by Ascot J. Smith, is at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at Kurruption, 1717 W. Ninth St., Kansas City. The event includes a silent auction of art from the film, merchandise from B-Bop Comics ... http://ascotjsmith.com/2009/06/last-man-of-idaho-pre-screeningfundraiser/ Forever People (2008) Two meandering office co-workers contemplate and fantasize about each other and their past lives in a post-apocalyptic future. In the end it is revealed the office co-workers are not humans but androids mimicking human ennui. [caption id="attachment_68" align="aligncenter" width="381" caption="Albert Burnes and Kerry Curtis stood perfectly still for over ... http://ascotjsmith.com/2009/06/forever-people/ BloodSport Remix (2007) [A] comic, postmodernist commentary on Hollywood film images and violence in sports- Kansas City Star (March 1st, 2007) A multi-channel installation, BloodSport Remix takes as its starting point the 1988 American martial arts classic, BloodSport, staring Jean-Cluade van Damme. By re-editing the film in non-linear, spatially oriented manner cuts ... http://ascotjsmith.com/2009/06/bloodsport-remix/ TRIPLE THREAT (2005) Triple Threat, a split screen narrative, focuses on the broken relationship of an abusive schizophrenic couple as they find comfort in sex, apathy, and Batman. http://ascotjsmith.com/2009/06/triple-threat/