Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2008
    Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

    Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

    Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

    2.92008HD

    Takes an in-depth look at the lives and times of the people who hung out with Andy Warhol and "worked" at the Silver Factory during the Sixties,...

    Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
  • 1990
    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

    81990HD

    An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

    Step Across the Border
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    8.41986HD

    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 2021
    9/11: Life Under Attack

    9/11: Life Under Attack

    9/11: Life Under Attack

    7.52021HD

    A unique and compelling account of the day that changed the modern world, captured by ordinary people who chose to pick up their cameras and film...

    9/11: Life Under Attack
  • 2020
    Tiny Tim: King for a Day

    Tiny Tim: King for a Day

    Tiny Tim: King for a Day

    6.1542020HD

    The story of Tiny Tim’s improbable rise to stardom is the ultimate fairytale - and so is that of his downfall. For a brief time, the shy and...

    Tiny Tim: King for a Day
  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.72007HD

    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 2015
    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    52015HD

    Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol - in the hour-by-hour detail of his daily life.

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
  • 1989
    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

    81989HD

    Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Factory, MOMA and the Whitney Museum of Art and in...

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
  • 1999
    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    5.91999HD

    Jonas Mekas reflects on summers spent in the late 1960s and early 1970s with Jackie Kennedy, her sister Lee Radziwill, and their families. Blending...

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    102007HD

    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1963
    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

    6.31963HD

    “New York plays itself, as Taylor Mead and Winifred Bryan regale in pas de deux among the trashcans and the towers. The Studiedly Goofy and the...

    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
  • 1997
    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    5.21997HD

    This is a video record of the Buddhist Wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg's apartment. You see Allen, now asleep forever, in his bed; some of his close...

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
  • 1994
    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    6.41994HD

    Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of...

    Jonas in the Desert
  • 2018
    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

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    The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double...

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
  • 2006
    Nam June Paik's Piano Piece

    Nam June Paik's Piano Piece

    Nam June Paik's Piano Piece

    02006HD

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

    Nam June Paik's Piano Piece
  • 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

    01986HD

    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
  • 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

    6.72012HD

    An autobiographical diary film assembled from unused footage shot between 1960 and 2000, interwoven with reflections, music, and glimpses of family,...

    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
  • 1979
    ORG

    ORG

    ORG

    5.11979HD

    Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...

    ORG
  • 2019
    Self Discovery for Social Survival

    Self Discovery for Social Survival

    Self Discovery for Social Survival

    5.42019HD

    Self Discovery for Social Survival is a collaborative surf and music film produced by Brooklyn based record label, Mexican Summer and Pilgrim Surf +...

    Self Discovery for Social Survival
  • 2006
    Andy at Work

    Andy at Work

    Andy at Work

    02006HD

    Andy Warhol at the Village Gate, June 7, 1966. Andy videotaping John Kennedy Jr. and Anthony Radziwill at Andy's estate, 1971, in Montauk, Long...

    Andy at Work