Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1973
    Index – Hans Richter

    Index – Hans Richter

    Index – Hans Richter

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    Dedicated to Nigel Gosling. Voice-over with Hans Richter reading a Dada text. Filmed in Locarno. Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna

    Index – Hans Richter
  • 1973
    Hagiographia II

    Hagiographia II

    Hagiographia II

    01973HD

    The entire film was rephotographed and edited into Eniaios Cycle V. Filmed in Mistra, Greece.

    Hagiographia II
  • 1972
    The Divine Damnation

    The Divine Damnation

    The Divine Damnation

    01972HD

    The Damnation of Damien, edited in 1968, printed in 1972. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives, New York.

    The Divine Damnation
  • 1967
    Himself as Herself

    Himself as Herself

    Himself as Herself

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    The young hero seems the essence of maleness, yet he's troubled by vaguely feminine objects. Soon his masculine and feminine selves are intercut, as...

    Himself as Herself
  • 1967
    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

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    Structured in nine tableaux each a study of a simple action or situation involving a lone, naked figure, the blind Eros, searching for fulfilment,...

    Eros, O Basileus
  • 1969
    Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

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    Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translation of Paul Valéry’s L’Homme...

    Political Portraits
  • 1970
    Hagiographia

    Hagiographia

    Hagiographia

    01970HD

    Filmed in Mistra, Greece. Preserved in Anthology Film Archives, New York.

    Hagiographia
  • 1967
    The Dead Ones

    The Dead Ones

    The Dead Ones

    01967HD

    Markopoulos’ first attempt at making a 35mm feature film, clearly inspired by the cinema of Jean Cocteau, was left unfinished and the materials...

    The Dead Ones
  • 1947
    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

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    A young man desperately seeks out the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through the...

    Fragment of Seeking
  • 1970
    Moment

    Moment

    Moment

    01970HD

    Filmed in London. Preserved in Oesterreichishces Filmmuseum, Vienna.

    Moment
  • 1975
    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    61975HD

    A portrait of the British artists, two living sculptures, filmed in Paris on the occasion of their exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.

    Gilbert and George
  • 1970
    Alph

    Alph

    Alph

    01970HD

    Edited but unprinted. Filmed in Paris. Original reversal film in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

    Alph
  • 1968
    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

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    "In my film I suggest that there is no greater mystery than that of the protagonists. War and Love are simply equated for what they are; the...

    The Mysteries
  • 1967
    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

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    "Winged Dialogue details with growing clarity the desperate beauty and sexuality of the body animated by its soul, essence blindly reaching out,...

    Winged Dialogue
  • 1972
    The Painting

    The Painting

    The Painting

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    The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece,...

    The Painting
  • 1967
    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

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    The life of painter, dancer and poet Mark Turbyfill, seen in his 70th year, is evoked through Markopoulos’ unique form of cinematic portraiture.

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill
  • 1965
    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

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    Shot in thirty-two hours at the abandoned Baybridge Theater in Brooklyn, in cinemascope and Eastman color. The film was based on the one-act play of...

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
  • 2000
    Sotiros

    Sotiros

    Sotiros

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    Beavers distilled the 26-minute Sotiros in 1996 from an original 50-minute trilogy. Filmed in Athens and Peloponnesus in Greece as well as in...

    Sotiros
  • 1948
    Psyche

    Psyche

    Psyche

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    Psyche 1947, made while a student at USC, shows Markopoulos’ developing style and his sensuous use of colour and composition. Shot in the...

    Psyche
  • 1968
    Gammelion

    Gammelion

    Gammelion

    6.81968HD

    Gammelion 1968, filmed at Il Castello Roccasinibalda in Rieti, Italy, is a major work in Markopoulos’s oeuvre, marking the transition into his...

    Gammelion