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

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    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
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

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    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 2005
    Excavating Taylor Mead

    Excavating Taylor Mead

    Excavating Taylor Mead

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    The film icon/Andy Warhol darling is interviewed is his legendary cluttered apartment.

    Excavating Taylor Mead
  • 2009
    It Came from Kuchar

    It Came from Kuchar

    It Came from Kuchar

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    It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike...

    It Came from Kuchar
  • 2016
    On the Holy Spirit

    On the Holy Spirit

    On the Holy Spirit

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    Alexander Kluge - October 22 2016

    On the Holy Spirit
  • 1966
    The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's Convention, NYC, 1966

    The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's Convention, NYC, 1966

    The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's Convention, NYC, 1966

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    The Velvet Underground's first public appearance, filmed in Super 8 at a Psychiatrist's Convention, at the Delmonico Hotel, New York, January 14,...

    The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's Convention, NYC, 1966
  • 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
  • 2019
    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

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    "My last image of Jonas."—Ken Jacobs

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
  • 2006
    To John With Love

    To John With Love

    To John With Love

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    This was filmed on October 9, 1972 in Syracuse, N.Y., on John Lennon's Birthday; during Lennon/Yoko Ono concert at Madison Square Garden, August 30,...

    To John With Love
  • 2019
    Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

    Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

    Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

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    An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes...

    Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
  • 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
  • 1990
    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

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    Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture....

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
  • 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
  • 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

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    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
  • 2016
    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

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    Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second...

    EXPRMNTL
  • 2022
    Vertigo

    Vertigo

    Vertigo

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    Gozo Yoshimasu, a pioneer of Japanese contemporary poetry, pursued the vision of his ally, the late Jonas Mekas in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The time...

    Vertigo
  • 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
  • 1970
    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

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    The film portrays a group of artists who since the early 1960s have completely disrupted our ideas of what art can be. In large part filmed in Venice...

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
  • 2005
    Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol

    Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol

    Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol

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    Icon of pop art, Andy Warhol has marked the 20th century. This film pays tribute to him with the exceptional participation of Ultraviolet,...

    Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol
  • 1998
    Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998

    Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998

    Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998

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    Patti Smith improvises an unfinished song, called "God Running". Part of the cycle of The First 40.

    Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998