MONDAY AUGUST 21
7:45 PM THEATER ONE
The Treasures of Long Gone John
Gregg Gibbs
Documentary Video 100:00 2006
The Treasures of Long Gone John is a feature-length documentary that
chronicles the eccentric art and musical obsessions of indie record producer
Long Gone John.
The product of a troubled childhood, Long Gone John found success
through the establishment of the record label, Sympathy for the Record
Industry. During the past seventeen years, he has single-handedly released over
750 records without ever signing a contract and has helped launch the
careers of the White Stripes, Hole, The Dwarves and Rocket from the Crypt. Along
the way, he compulsively amassed a vast collection of art and pop ephemera,
in addition to starting the Necessaries Toy Foundation.
The Treasures of Long Gone John profiles the work of four artists in
John¹s immense collection of art, music and oddities: Todd Schorr, Mark Ryden,
Camille Rose Garcia and Robert Williams. The film reveals the private
world of each artist and their creative process while simultaneously weaving
in the execution of a 6 by 8 foot painting of John by Todd Schorr -
captured over a ten-month period.
