Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2006
    The Destruction Quartet

    The Destruction Quartet

    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.

    The Destruction Quartet
  • 2009
    I Leave Chelsea Hotel

    I Leave Chelsea Hotel

    I Leave Chelsea Hotel

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    Filmed in 1967 (camera: Gideon Bachmann), edited in 2009. I exit Chelsea Hotel and proceed towards Seventh Avenue where I catch a taxi. From 1967 to...

    I Leave Chelsea Hotel
  • 1980
    Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait

    01980HD

    Jonas Mekas reflects on his life.

    Self-Portrait
  • 1970
    When

    When

    When

    01970HD

    A very rare film "manifesto" by Mekas made in 1968 in New York, in the activist spirit of positive revolutionary change; his source for inspiration...

    When
  • 1970
    Viva Jonas!

    Viva Jonas!

    Viva Jonas!

    01970HD

    A tiny part of our homage for the minors master.

    Viva Jonas!
  • 2003
    Not in Our Name

    Not in Our Name

    Not in Our Name

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    Details unknown

    Not in Our Name
  • 2001
    Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten

    Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten

    Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten

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    The title comes from a poem of a German poet, Heine. The 9/11 event was so beyond my comprehension – you can understand and react to a death...

    Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten