Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 1998
    My Country is Cinema

    My Country is Cinema

    My Country is Cinema

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    A portrait of Jonas Mekas.

    My Country is Cinema
  • 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
  • 2021
    The Invisible Father

    The Invisible Father

    The Invisible Father

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    In the 1960s, beat poet and experimental filmmaker Piero Heliczer helped shape New American Cinema, and was enmeshed with iconic filmmaker Andy...

    The Invisible Father
  • 2002
    Mysteries

    Mysteries

    Mysteries

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    A document of a Living Theater performance in Cassis, France, this piece was filmed in 1966 but only edited and released in 2002, with a newly...

    Mysteries
  • 2003
    Not in Our Name

    Not in Our Name

    Not in Our Name

    02003HD

    Details unknown

    Not in Our Name
  • 1996
    Song of The Salamander

    Song of The Salamander

    Song of The Salamander

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    This film has to do with the early years of my daughter Oona, when she was three or four years old

    Song of The Salamander
  • 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
  • 1999
    A Few Notes on Andy's Factory

    A Few Notes on Andy's Factory

    A Few Notes on Andy's Factory

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    The video traces the history of the Factory, describes the activities that took place in it, and the historical context. Actual locations are shown...

    A Few Notes on Andy's Factory
  • 1996
    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

    01996HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1992
    The Education of Sebastian or Egypt Regained

    The Education of Sebastian or Egypt Regained

    The Education of Sebastian or Egypt Regained

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    A video record of a mental and physical journey through 5,000 years of Egypt at the End of History; an attempt to reconnect with the Source, with...

    The Education of Sebastian or Egypt Regained
  • 1995
    On My Way to Fujiyama I met..

    On My Way to Fujiyama I met..

    On My Way to Fujiyama I met..

    01995HD

    Images from two trips to Japan, 1983 and 1991. With music – percussion – by Dalius Naujokaitis. A song, or maybe a duet between images...

    On My Way to Fujiyama I met..
  • 2005
    Notes on Utopia

    Notes on Utopia

    Notes on Utopia

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    Four-part video made in 2003 and 2004. The first two parts were presented at the Venice Biennale of 2003 as part of the Utopia Station project. An...

    Notes on Utopia
  • 1970
    A Matter of Baobab

    A Matter of Baobab

    A Matter of Baobab

    01970HD

    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
  • 1993
    Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

    Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

    Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

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    An historic event: Peter Kubelka gives a lecture at the Library of Congress.

    Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress
  • 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
  • 1986
    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

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    Presents an intimate view of four decades of the Swiss-born artist Robert Frank who has had an extraordinary influence on contemporary photography...

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
  • 1999
    Laboratorium Anthology

    Laboratorium Anthology

    Laboratorium Anthology

    01999HD

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

    Laboratorium Anthology
  • 1969
    Filmmakers

    Filmmakers

    Filmmakers

    01969HD

    Iimura creates a short self-portrait as well as brief portraits of five of his peers: Brakhage, Vanderbeek, Smith, Mekas and Warhol. In each...

    Filmmakers
  • 2006
    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    02006HD

    Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers from the Bronx. Get to know the Kuchars, casually...

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers