Jonas Mekas Movies
- 2006
End of the Millennium Espresso
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This was taped on the last day of the 20th Century, while having my last espresso of the century at Cremcafe, Second Avenue. I talk about the 20th...
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- 2006
Imperfect Film
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This is a film made with outtakes from my other films and some found footage. It includes great found footage with monkeys. Sound: Auguste Varkalis...
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- 1998
My Country is Cinema
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A portrait of Jonas Mekas.
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- 2017
From the Notebooks of a Cinema Maniac
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Video diary film by Jonas Mekas, premiered at the British Film Institute on December 5, 2017.
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- 1990
Mob of Angels: Baptism
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One hour with a women's drumming group led by Layne Redmond, who has devoted her life to reviving the ancient Mediterranean tradition of women's...
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- 1993
Jonas Mekas in Budapest
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Experimental movie about Jonas Mekas spending time in Budapest.
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- 2014
Halloween 1990
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Jonas Mekas films the Halloween festivities at Anthology Film Archives in 1990.
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- 2022
Jonas Mekas Anthology
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A portrait movie of the Godfather of American avantgarde cinema. Through material filmed primarily in the 1990s by both the directors and Jonas Mekas...
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- 2006
Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles
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This was filmed at Anthology Film Archives on May 31, 2000. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for my...
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- 2016
EXPRMNTL
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Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second...
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- 1967
The Italian Notebook
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A record of a journey through Italy, filmed in 1967.
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- 2011
First Class Flight
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"There I am, I am treated with the First Class ticket. Evening. But all the businessmen are already sleeping. I can’t sleep. I discover a bar....
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- 1997
Letters from Nowhere
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A collection of intimate thoughts, read aloud, that become the soundtrack of one of Jonas Mekas beautiful film journals.
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- 2006
Jonas' Independence Speech at the Anniversary of the Filmmaker's Cooperative
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From the diaries. This was filmed on July 1, 2004. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for my new,...
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- 2014
Flowers
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- 1991
Quartet Number One
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Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.
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- 2006
The Destruction Quartet
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This was originally an art installation by Jonas Mekas which was later shown in a single-screen tetraptych.
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- 1966
Galaxie
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In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....
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- 1992
Award
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A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.
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- 2015
All About Bolex
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"I developed a need to try to retain everything I was passing through, by means of my Bolex camera."
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