Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 1964
    The Brig

    The Brig

    The Brig

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    Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps...

    The Brig
  • 2018
    Beyond the Bolex

    Beyond the Bolex

    Beyond the Bolex

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    Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents...

    Beyond the Bolex
  • 2022
    Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

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    For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...

    Fragments of Paradise
  • 1961
    The Sin of Jesus

    The Sin of Jesus

    The Sin of Jesus

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    An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.

    The Sin of Jesus
  • 1969
    Filmmakers

    Filmmakers

    Filmmakers

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    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
  • 1965
    Empire

    Empire

    Empire

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    Filmed by Jonas Mekas from the 44th floor of the Time-Life Building, “Empire” explores the passage of time without the use of characters...

    Empire
  • 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
  • 2006
    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

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    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
  • 2014
    Halloween 1990

    Halloween 1990

    Halloween 1990

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    Jonas Mekas films the Halloween festivities at Anthology Film Archives in 1990.

    Halloween 1990
  • 1966
    The Love Merchant

    The Love Merchant

    The Love Merchant

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    Biker Click procures lovely willing young women for decadent millionaire playboy Kendall Harvey III. Kendall sets his sights on Peggy Johns as his...

    The Love Merchant
  • 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
  • 2016
    Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas

    Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas

    Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas

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    A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Jackie Raynal, originally aired 29 May 2016.

    Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1963
    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

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    Jack and Leo vie for the affections of Vera – who appears a little differently to each man – over the course of a series of energetic...

    Hallelujah the Hills
  • 1995
    Nico Icon

    Nico Icon

    Nico Icon

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    A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to...

    Nico Icon
  • 1967
    Poem Posters

    Poem Posters

    Poem Posters

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    ... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William...

    Poem Posters
  • 1991
    Just Visiting This Planet

    Just Visiting This Planet

    Just Visiting This Planet

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    Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.

    Just Visiting This Planet
  • 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
  • 2006
    Poets at the Living Theater

    Poets at the Living Theater

    Poets at the Living Theater

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    With Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Ray Bremser, Le Roi Jones, Peter Orlovsky, this film takes place in the Living Theater, 1958.

    Poets at the Living Theater
  • 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