Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 1991
    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

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    In 1950 Jerome Hill went to Zurich with the intention of making a film about Dr. Carl G. Jung. The project was abandoned when Hill decided that Jung...

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum
  • 1997
    Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

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    On October 9th, 1972 an exhibition of John Lennon/Yoko Ono's art, designed by the Master of the Fluxus movement, George Maciunas, opened at the...

    Happy Birthday to John
  • 2006
    Robert Frank Films

    Robert Frank Films

    Robert Frank Films

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    Filmed during the shooting of the Sin of Jesus 1960, this film includes Robert Frank, Dick Bellamy, Mary Frank, and others.

    Robert Frank Films
  • 2019
    Requiem

    Requiem

    Requiem

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    A meditative tribute to Verdi’s masterpiece and an homage to beloved filmmaker Jonas Mekas.

    Requiem
  • 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)
  • 2007
    Monday April 16, 2007

    Monday April 16, 2007

    Monday April 16, 2007

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    John Zorn with his band at Anthology Film Archves performs COBRA, part one.

    Monday April 16, 2007
  • 1980
    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

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    Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...

    No. 18: Mahagonny
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1979
    Paradise Not Yet Lost

    Paradise Not Yet Lost

    Paradise Not Yet Lost

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    The film is arranged in six chronologically-ordered parts, each filmed in a different location during Oona's third year.

    Paradise Not Yet Lost
  • 2019
    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

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    A film tribute to the inspirational Jonas Mekas.

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas
  • 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
  • 2003
    A Visit To Hans Richter

    A Visit To Hans Richter

    A Visit To Hans Richter

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    This piece had its world premiere as the opening film of the Hans Richter Tribute at Cinema Arsenal in the summer of 2003. The nine minutes of film...

    A Visit To Hans Richter
  • 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
  • 1983
    Erick Hawkins: Excerpts from

    Erick Hawkins: Excerpts from "Here and Now with Watchers"

    Erick Hawkins: Excerpts from "Here and Now with Watchers"

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    In 1963, a magazine called Show commissioned me to make a promotion film for them. I conceived the film as a film periodical devoted to the arts. I...

    Erick Hawkins: Excerpts from
  • 2007
    Thursday Jan. 4, 2007: Pedro (São Paulo) or The Right Way To Make Capirinha

    Thursday Jan. 4, 2007: Pedro (São Paulo) or The Right Way To Make Capirinha

    Thursday Jan. 4, 2007: Pedro (São Paulo) or The Right Way To Make Capirinha

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    Pedro, at Nick Cave's favorite caipirinha bar in São Paolo, gives a lesson in how to prepare the classic Brazilian drink.

    Thursday Jan. 4, 2007: Pedro (São Paulo) or The Right Way To Make Capirinha
  • 2006
    Andy at Work

    Andy at Work

    Andy at Work

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    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
  • 2011
    Mt. Ventoux

    Mt. Ventoux

    Mt. 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...

    Mt. Ventoux
  • 2011
    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

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    A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin