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Secret Horror
is the latest work by New York conceptual artist and comedian Michael Smith, a character whose screen presence has been compared with that of Buster Keaton, but whose approach is far more modern. Secret Horror relates the misadventures of a character crossbred from the archetype Jerry Lewis schlep and the Roger Corman victim whose terrors are so personal, mundane, and idiosyncratic that they could easily pass for ordinary if not for the mock signification as existential dilemmas of the first order that Smith manages to infuse into the work.
• By Michael Smith. Directed and Edited by Mark Fischer. (1980, 15 mins, color)

Down in the Rec Room
“Mike has a lot to do this day. He's going to have a party. Preparations have been made - from invitations to entertainment. Anticipation of good things is in the air. But something appears to be wrong. No one seems to show for the party. Mike waits as the audience watches.” --M.S.
• By Michael Smith. Produced, Edited, and Photographed by Mark Fischer. (1980, 18 mins, color)
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The Portfolio Tapes
This work by young San Francisco artists Dale Hoyt, Marshal Weber, and Andrew Huestis (cofounders of the alternate space Club Generic) is an attempt to use slapstick and broad humor in the construction of narrative work.
• By Dale Hoyt, Marshal Weber, and Andrew Huestis. (1980, 20 mins, color)