Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2018
    Nitsch

    Nitsch

    Nitsch

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    A short film by Maria Lassnig, shot in 1970.

    Nitsch
  • 2015
    A Report from Venice

    A Report from Venice

    A Report from Venice

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    Opening of the Internet Saga Pavilion. At Palazzo Foscari Contarini, Venice. May 6 and 7, 2015.

    A Report from Venice
  • 1983
    Cup/Saucer/Two Dancers/Radio

    Cup/Saucer/Two Dancers/Radio

    Cup/Saucer/Two Dancers/Radio

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    Made 1965 / 1983 With Kenneth King and Phoebe Neville. "Kenneth King's CUP/SAUCER/TWO DANCERS/RADIO (1964) is an essay in Pop Art style, in which all...

    Cup/Saucer/Two Dancers/Radio
  • 1980
    Robert Haller's Wedding

    Robert Haller's Wedding

    Robert Haller's Wedding

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    My wedding gift to Robert Haller and Amy Greenfield. The publishers of the Anthology Film Archives are very happy with the making this farce.

    Robert Haller's Wedding
  • 2001
    Wien & Mozart

    Wien & Mozart

    Wien & Mozart

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    In 1971, Jonas Mekas was permitted by the Soviet authorities to visit his mother in Lithuania whom he had not seen for 27 years. On his return trip,...

    Wien & Mozart
  • 2000
    Silence, Please

    Silence, Please

    Silence, Please

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    "Made for a billboard project in Luxembourg, a project that never became reality, this video is an exercise in silence and sound." - Jonas Mekas

    Silence, Please
  • 2011
    Mt. Ventoux

    Mt. Ventoux

    Mt. Ventoux

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    I am in Provence near Mt. Ventoux. I remember the poet Petrarca walking on Mt. Ventoux and carrying with him a volume of St. Augustine’s...

    Mt. Ventoux
  • 1996
    Michael Snow Up Close

    Michael Snow Up Close

    Michael Snow Up Close

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    MICHAEL SNOW UP CLOSE was produced on the occasion of The Michael Snow Project, a major, career-spanning, multi-venue retrospective of the artist....

    Michael Snow Up Close
  • 2006
    A Visit to Stan Brakhage

    A Visit to Stan Brakhage

    A Visit to Stan Brakhage

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    In late 1966 I visited Stan Brakhage in Rollinsville, Colorado. This is a portrait of Stan at home, with his family, his animals, and the...

    A Visit to Stan Brakhage
  • 1996
    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

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    Jonas, Birgit and Anja are leaving for the Brooklyn Bridge. By taxi, buying beer, drinking in the street, joking, running, dancing on the bridge. It...

    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October
  • 1980
    J. Mekas

    J. Mekas

    J. Mekas

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    In 1977, Robertas Verba followed Jonas Mekas in Lithuania, his second trip there after he left the country in 1944.

    J. Mekas
  • 2006
    Salvador Dali, Happenings

    Salvador Dali, Happenings

    Salvador Dali, Happenings

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    In 1963-64 Salvador Dali did a series of "Happenings" events in a New York. In all cases Peter Beard acted for Dali as both "production manager" and...

    Salvador Dali, Happenings
  • 1970
    Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas

    Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas

    Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas

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    Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas
  • 2009
    Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days

    Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days

    Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days

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    Using his trademark flicker method, Ken Jacobs pays homage to the oldest type of color film, Kodachrome (whose production was discontinued in 2009)...

    Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
  • 1970
    A Matter of Baobab

    A Matter of Baobab

    A Matter of Baobab

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    International Cast of Actors: Jonas Mekas, from Lithuania, poet and film-maker; Louis Brigante, from Madagascar, poet and publisher; Storm De Hirsch,...

    A Matter of Baobab
  • 2009
    The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'

    The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'

    The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'

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    Filmmaker Michael Rogosin's fascinating exploration of the production history behind his father Lionel's groundbreaking documentary, On the Bowery.

    The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'
  • 2008
    Question a Day

    Question a Day

    Question a Day

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    In 2008, Andrew Lampert, employed as the film archivist of Anthology Film Archives, endeavored to ask Jonas Mekas, its legendary and charismatic...

    Question a Day
  • 1995
    Memories of Frankenstein

    Memories of Frankenstein

    Memories of Frankenstein

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    Jerome Hill had a little outdoor theater on the shore of the Mediterranean. Usually he brought over some musicians, like the Julliard Quartet. But in...

    Memories of Frankenstein
  • 1972
    Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden

    Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden

    Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden

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    Elvis Presley performance at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on Saturday June 10, 1972, the concert, and the subsequent album, were...

    Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden
  • 1969
    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

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    Jonas Mekas zoomed in from a completely different angle for his Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel. This fake interview with ‘Lapland’s...

    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel