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                Tim Smith Films

               
   
Recently I have had the great pleasure to work with film archivist Dennis Nyback . He has taken an interest in my films and feels that they are genuinely worth your time and enjoyment. I hope you enjoy this page. Thanks for stopping by. Tim Smith
 
Salmon St. Saga
   
Video Links. Please feel free to view recent video productions
produced within the last 10 years.

     
My first sound film was "Salmon Street Saga" (1970).  It is an homage to 1950's juvenile delinquent films and its current application at Lincoln High School, with hot rod cars, outcast greasers in black leather jackets, and resulting violence.   Matt Groening plays a knife wielding delinquent. This was made while I was at Adams High School in Portland. At this time I had access to KGW's King Film Lab. Where they generously let me use their equipment. B.W. 16mm, running time: 5:42
 
Kenya Music Videos
Dr. Lendon Smith
The Jesse Files
       
             
 
Below is an interview with me discussing how I got involved with making films at such an early age. This clip was originally filmed for the TBA 2006 project "The Portland That Was." with Dennis Nyback. I also discuss the significance of "This is Portland" and how I became interested in satire and comedy.
  
         
   
The Portland That Was - TBA 2006 
    
 
   
     
   
This is Portland
 
 
At about the same time I completed Salmon Street Saga, I began work on "This Is Portland."  The latter was a technically more polished work which was a and b rolled and features dissolves.  A parody of a TV travel show that took viewers to cities around the world. In my version I treat Portland with the same reverence but focus on the grim urban landscape of a rainy Portland winter. 16mm, B.W. running time: 6:31, produced 1971
      
       
         
 
Drugs: Killers or Dillers?
 		      
         
         
   
Drugs: Killers or Dillers was a collaborative effort with Matt Groening and Jaime Angell. Matt & Jaime decided to make a parody of the "drug scare" educational films seen in high school. The finished film was "Drugs: Killers or Dillers." It was a hit at the 1972 Best of the Northwest Film Seminar (Seattle). It was my first film in color and runs ten minutes. I produced the film. Note: the title sequence was done with the use of a Bolex hand cranking and reexposing. Lots of fun to make and to watch. 16mm, color, running time: 9:45 Produced 1972  
  
       
       
The Case of the Kitchen Killer
    
         
 
The Case of the Kitchen Killer is based on a joke by a comedian named Pat McCormick (born 1927 - died 2005) It goes like this: "About the scrariest time in my life was when I was alone at Grand Central Station men's room when a stranger approached me brandishing a pair of kitchen tongs." The film is about a twisted child who grows up to be a serial killer killing only with kitchen utensils: notably egg beaters. The main character is played by Jaime Angell. I think producing this film was perhaps the happiest period of my short lived film career. It took over 4 years to complete and finally premiered high atop Smith Tower (Seattle, Wa) in celebration of my 21st birthday. 16mm, color, running time: 21 minutes. Produced 1976  
    
       
           
 
         
 Me Oui
       
 
This film marks a definite deviation from the standard parodies that I enjoyed producing. While studying in France, I took along my Bolex and some old footage my grandfather Howard filmed while traveling in Europe in 1928. I jotted down roughly what monuments he filmed and I shot more or less from the same angle and juxtaposition. The film is an homage to the father, time and architecture -- at the beginning of the film there is a quote from Baudelaire's Paris Spleen: "At last my heart explodes, take me anywhere as long as it is out of this world!" The tomb shown in this film is none other than Baudelaire's. He was buried at the same site with his step father (whom he despised) General Aupick. Produced in 1979, 16mm, color. Music: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Telemusik, Kurzwellen, Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre Lieder and Rameau's Les Paladins. 16mm, color/bw, running time 10:30, Produced 1979. 
  
     
       
 
                 
Infernal Voyage
 
             
 
This is a student film about a couple who traveled to France, but really should have stayed home This film won several awards back in 1981: 6th place at Ann Arbor, Michigan and Sinking Creek, Athens Georgia. All of the sound was dubbed in post. I shot the entire film with a Bolex on 16mm commercial echktachrome. The piano music was performed by Barbara Parker: selections of Beethoven's Pathetique and Pastoral sonatas. 16mm, color, running time: 10:26, Produced 1980.  
    
           
   

This film is now in distribution through IndieFlix.

     
           
                 
 
                         
Hyperacitivity: The Facts
 
         
 
Produced in 1982 with Dr. Lendon Smith. This humorous film demonstrates the relationship between hyperactivity and diet. I should state that this film almost beat out a Will Vinton short at the Best of the Northwest film festival (Seattle, Wa) in 1982. It also marked the 10th anniversary of Drugs: Killers or Dillers? This was the first time I ever hired a local production company to light, film and edit one of my films. I guess I can rightfully say it was the last. Since Hyperactivity, I have not produced any other films on 16mm. Now I only work in video. Note: There is a directorial mistake in this film. It occurs during the interview with Dr. Smith and his patient Norman. I'll let you find out what it is exactly that makes this scene seem so awkward.
 
       
                         
     
If you have any questions about this site please email me at timsmith@timsmithfilms.com Thanks! Tim Smith
    
                         
Please be patient. I will be updating this site as time allows. Videos will have a separate link.
  
       
 
To the left are all the videos I have currently uploaded to Revver -- Also included is a piece for Oregon Cartoon Institute.