Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2006
    Warhol and Maciunas

    Warhol and Maciunas

    Warhol and Maciunas

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    Consists of images of the Andy Warhol show at the Whitney Museum in May of 1971. It also includes a George Maciunas dumpling party on 80 Wooster...

    Warhol and Maciunas
  • 1965
    Dirt

    Dirt

    Dirt

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    Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.

    Dirt
  • 1981
    The Song of Stockholm

    The Song of Stockholm

    The Song of Stockholm

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    Sightseeing Stockholm offbeat through the lens of Jonas Mekas.

    The Song of Stockholm
  • 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
  • 1966
    European Diaries

    European Diaries

    European Diaries

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    “After seeing Taylor Mead’s diaries I can’t look around myself anymore. There is so much to see! So now I sit with my back to...

    European Diaries
  • 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
  • 2012
    Reminiscences from Germany

    Reminiscences from Germany

    Reminiscences from Germany

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    A narrative presented non-chronologically of Jonas Mekas's time in German forced labour camps and displaced person camps from 1944 to 1949, in which...

    Reminiscences from Germany
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

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    "A motion picture composed of brief diaristic scenes not used in completed films from the years 1960-2000; and self-referential video footage taped...

    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1997
    Letters from Nowhere

    Letters from Nowhere

    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.

    Letters from Nowhere
  • 1966
    Report from Millbrook

    Report from Millbrook

    Report from Millbrook

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    An oblique documentary about the LSD group experiments of Timothy Leary, with off screen commentary of a participant and shots of Leary's house and...

    Report from Millbrook
  • 2006
    Carl Dreyer

    Carl Dreyer

    Carl Dreyer

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    I made this little film portrait of Dreyer on the 17th of September 1965, in New York. He said he was very interested in what I was trying to do in...

    Carl Dreyer
  • 2018
    Nitsch

    Nitsch

    Nitsch

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    A short film by Maria Lassnig, shot in 1970.

    Nitsch
  • 2015
    All About Bolex

    All About Bolex

    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."

    All About Bolex
  • 2001
    TO NEW YORK WITH LOVE - A Letter to Penny Arcade June 25, 2001

    TO NEW YORK WITH LOVE - A Letter to Penny Arcade June 25, 2001

    TO NEW YORK WITH LOVE - A Letter to Penny Arcade June 25, 2001

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    I made this video June 23, 2001, as a letter for my good friend Penny Arcade who some days earlier had asked me why I love New York. I truly love New...

    TO NEW YORK WITH LOVE - A Letter to Penny Arcade June 25, 2001
  • 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
  • 1970
    The Song of Moscow

    The Song of Moscow

    The Song of Moscow

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    Images of Moscow filmed in 1970 as part of Mekas's "Travel Songs" series.

    The Song of Moscow