Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 1998
    Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97

    Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97

    Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97

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    Jonas Mekas came to Paris in October 1997 for the video release of his film Walden. I filmed the event and its twists and turns at the...

    Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97
  • 2006
    A Visit to Timothy Leary

    A Visit to Timothy Leary

    A Visit to Timothy Leary

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    This was filmed July 1-4, 1965 in Millbrook, at the estate of Timothy Leary. It is with Baba Ramdass and house guests. Sound: me talking about...

    A Visit to Timothy Leary
  • 2011
    Mont Ventoux

    Mont Ventoux

    Mont Ventoux

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    I am in Provence near Mt. Ventoux. I remember the poet Petrarca walking on Mt. Ventoux and carrying with him a volume of St. Augustine’s...

    Mont Ventoux
  • 2006
    The Song of Central Park

    The Song of Central Park

    The Song of Central Park

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    During the course of a single winter’s day, January 16, 1966, Jonas Mekas captured impressionistic glimpses of people playing and working in...

    The Song of Central Park
  • 2003
    Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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    Filmed in 1950 soon after Jonas Mekas arrived in New York, this short documents everyday life in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was the first film he...

    Williamsburg, Brooklyn
  • 2007
    Sunday December 30, 2007

    Sunday December 30, 2007

    Sunday December 30, 2007

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    I close the 365 Day Project and announce the 1001 Nights Project ---HASTA LA VISTA! ---

    Sunday December 30, 2007
  • 1996
    Celebrate Cinema 101

    Celebrate Cinema 101

    Celebrate Cinema 101

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    This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.

    Celebrate Cinema 101
  • 1970
    Viva Jonas!

    Viva Jonas!

    Viva Jonas!

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    A tiny part of our (homonymous) homage for the minors master.

    Viva Jonas!
  • 2006
    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. From the cycle of...

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall
  • 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
  • 2006
    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

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    Clip from Walden.

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park
  • 2017
    From the diaries of a cinema maniac

    From the diaries of a cinema maniac

    From the diaries of a cinema maniac

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    Scenes from the life and work of independent film-makers. Includes Douglas Gordon, Peter Hutton, Ken Jacobs, Alexander Kluge, Harmony Korine, Peter...

    From the diaries of a cinema maniac
  • 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
  • 1972
    Nitsch

    Nitsch

    Nitsch

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    Using this performance as a frame of reference, Lassnig invents her own actions: A man (her neighbor Roger) is filmed lying stiffly on the ground, in...

    Nitsch
  • 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
  • 2018
    George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

    George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

    George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

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    In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art movement Fluxus. George details the rise of Fluxus...

    George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
  • 2014
    Flowers

    Flowers

    Flowers

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    Flowers
  • 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
  • 1995
    On My Way to Fujiyama I met..

    On My Way to Fujiyama I met..

    On My Way to Fujiyama I met..

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    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..
  • 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