Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2007
    Monday Jan. 1, 2007

    Monday Jan. 1, 2007

    Monday Jan. 1, 2007

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    Jonas Mekas at Zebulon, a music bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, dedicating his 365 day series to Petrarca (1304-1374) the poet who wrote 365 poems to...

    Monday Jan. 1, 2007
  • 2010
    Lavender

    Lavender

    Lavender

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    A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

    Lavender
  • 1986
    Invocation: Maya Deren

    Invocation: Maya Deren

    Invocation: Maya Deren

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    Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts...

    Invocation: Maya Deren
  • 1980
    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

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    Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...

    No. 18: Mahagonny
  • 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
  • 1970
    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

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    A film by Alfredo Leonardi.

    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
  • 1970
    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

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    Filmed in Berlin, July 1990. Images of workers taking down the wall and street peddlers selling pieces of it to make a living.

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall
  • 2006
    Bibi Hansen

    Bibi Hansen

    Bibi Hansen

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    I filmed the young Bibi Hansen in 1966 as a screen test for a film I wanted to make out the life of a young girl growing up in New York. The film was...

    Bibi Hansen
  • 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
  • 2019
    Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 1

    Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 1

    Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 1

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    "Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas / Version 1": this is the last filmed interview of Jonas Mekas. This is a last gift from Jonas to us.

    Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 1
  • 1999
    Laboratorium Anthology

    Laboratorium Anthology

    Laboratorium Anthology

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    Scenes from the life and work at Anthology Film Archives. Much of the footage in this video was shot by Auguste Varkalis.

    Laboratorium Anthology
  • 2010
    Visionaries

    Visionaries

    Visionaries

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    Documentary on Jonas Mekas and the American avant-garde cinema, with several new interviews and appearances and over 100 excerpts and examples....

    Visionaries
  • 2019
    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

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    A film tribute to the inspirational Jonas Mekas.

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas
  • 1978
    In Between

    In Between

    In Between

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    Footage from 1964-1968 that did not find its way into the Walden reels is joined in this classic period piece. Mostly centered in New York, it also...

    In Between
  • 1996
    Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old

    Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old

    Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old

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    The real history of the cinema is the invisible history – history of friends getting together doing the thing the love – for us the...

    Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old
  • 2016
    On the Holy Spirit

    On the Holy Spirit

    On the Holy Spirit

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    Alexander Kluge - October 22 2016

    On the Holy Spirit
  • 1975
    Postcard from America

    Postcard from America

    Postcard from America

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    After the author’s period of experimentation, these American notes are extremely straightforward. As in Migration, however, this America could...

    Postcard from America
  • 1965
    Film Magazine of the Arts

    Film Magazine of the Arts

    Film Magazine of the Arts

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    "In Spring, 1963 Show Magazine called me and asked that I make a film on arts in New York. I told them, why did they want me to make it - didn't they...

    Film Magazine of the Arts
  • 2006
    Moires with Prof. Oster and Salvador Dalí

    Moires with Prof. Oster and Salvador Dalí

    Moires with Prof. Oster and Salvador Dalí

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    This was filmed on January 24, 1964, during Prof. Oster's demonstration of moiré patterns. He is shown with Salvador Dalí.

    Moires with Prof. Oster and Salvador Dalí
  • 2006
    Anger Me

    Anger Me

    Anger Me

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    Elio Gelmini interviews Avantgarde filmmaker Kenneth Anger. With archive footage of Angers films, he portrays the filmmaker from his childhood until...

    Anger Me