Nevertheless, that does not mean that visual dynamics are altogether absent from Gasnier's movies, and praise for Gasnier's work as director does appear amid contemporary reviews of his films. Upon its theatrical re-release in 1972, underground film maker Jack Smith wrote an appreciation of "Reefer Madness" for "The Village Voice" in which he stated that "it is a beautiful film, and everyone in the arts should see it." One reason "Reefer Madness" is so well known in comparison to Dwain Esper's wild, but amateurish "Marihuana" or Elmer Clifton's dull, soap operatic "Assassin of Youth" is that it is a much better-made film than either of those."