In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and performance legend Jack Smith, deals less with Smithโs life than with his work, analyzing Smithโs aesthetic idiosyncrasies in 21 thematic chapters. It's a film essay about the artistโs work, rather than a documentary about his life. An unmediated vision of Jack Smith, an invitation to join him in his lost paradise.