Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 1990
    A Walk

    A Walk

    A Walk

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    Filmed on Dec. 15, 1990. On a rainy day, I have a walk through the early Soho. I begin my walk on 80 Wooster Street and continue towards the...

    A Walk
  • 2010
    Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas

    Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas

    Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas

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    A short film portrait of legendary filmmaker Jonas Mekas, talking about the Buddha and the meaning of life.

    Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas
  • 2009
    Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR

    Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR

    Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR

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    A meditation on the time when the world watched as filmmaker Jonas Mekas' home country of Lithuania fought for independence. An immersion into the...

    Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR
  • 2014
    My Birthday

    My Birthday

    My Birthday

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    Jonas Mekas talks about December 24th, his birthday.

    My Birthday
  • 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
  • 1966
    Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas

    Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas

    Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas

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    Screen test for Andy Warhol, 1966

    Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas
  • 2016
    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

    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...

    EXPRMNTL
  • 1968
    Underground New York

    Underground New York

    Underground New York

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    A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change...

    Underground New York
  • 1995
    Imperfect Three-Image Films

    Imperfect Three-Image Films

    Imperfect Three-Image Films

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    Imperfect 3-Image Films | EUA, 1995, 16 mm, pb-cor, 6' ... MOCAtv Presents 'In Focus' - Jonas Mekas - The Artist's Studio by MOCA 9,101 .

    Imperfect Three-Image Films
  • 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
  • 1997
    Nam June Paik's Piano Piece

    Nam June Paik's Piano Piece

    Nam June Paik's Piano Piece

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    This was filmed on November 1, 1997 at Anthology Film Archives during a tribute to Joseph Beuys. Nam June Paik destroys a piano.

    Nam June Paik's Piano Piece
  • 2019
    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

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    A short portrait of Jonas Mekas by filmmaker and veteran Jonas chronicler Peter Sempel.

    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
  • 2011
    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

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    “Drawing on his personal archives, Mekas has assembled a Fluxus vaudeville starring Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, and the late Nam June Paik. Most of...

    Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
  • 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
  • 2019
    Elegy for J.M.

    Elegy for J.M.

    Elegy for J.M.

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    Created by Anthology’s Archivist John Klacsmann, the visual track of Elegy for J.M. is the result of an encoding malfunction while preparing a...

    Elegy for J.M.
  • 2022
    Notes for a Déjà vu

    Notes for a Déjà vu

    Notes for a Déjà vu

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    The immediately recognisable voice and sweet wistful words of the late legend of the avantgarde, Jonas Mekas, is heard over the images of an imagined...

    Notes for a Déjà vu
  • 2011
    Keep Singing

    Keep Singing

    Keep Singing

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    "Occasionally I join my music friends Dalius Naujo and Kenny Wollesen at Zebulon, a French music bistro in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They are great...

    Keep Singing
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1984
    Persistence of Vision

    Persistence of Vision

    Persistence of Vision

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    A short documentary profile of the Anthology Film Archives, shot on the eve of the move to the historic 2nd Avenue Courthouse. Staff and patrons are...

    Persistence of Vision