Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1961
    Serenity

    Serenity

    Serenity

    6.51961HD

    Originally edited in two versions. Version I, 70 minutes; version II, 90 minutes. (The only known existing version is not Markopoulos’s edit...

    Serenity
  • 1972
    The Painting

    The Painting

    The Painting

    01972HD

    Beavers intercuts scenes of traffic in Bern with details from the 15th-century altarpiece The Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus. In its revised form, the...

    The Painting
  • 1997
    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    71997HD

    An 80-hour film being printed and shown in cycles every four years at a remote location in Greece.

    Eniaios
  • 1969
    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    61969HD

    Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

    The Olympian
  • 2000
    Sotiros

    Sotiros

    Sotiros

    62000HD

    Distilled in 1996 from an earlier 50-minute trilogy, this 26-minute film was shot in Greece and Austria and structured around two recurring...

    Sotiros
  • 1965
    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    71965HD

    In 1964 Film Culture magazine chose Andy Warhol for its annual Independent Film award. The plan was to show some of Andy's films and have Andy come...

    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
  • 1969
    Hulda Zumsteg

    Hulda Zumsteg

    Hulda Zumsteg

    01969HD

    Woman sitting in a chair.

    Hulda Zumsteg
  • 1973
    Heracles

    Heracles

    Heracles

    01973HD

    Edited but unprinted. Filmed in the apartment of Alban Berg, Vienna

    Heracles
  • 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
  • 1964
    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    01964HD

    Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’
  • 1964
    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    61964HD

    In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It...

    Dionysus
  • 1970
    Hagiographia

    Hagiographia

    Hagiographia

    01970HD

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

    Hagiographia
  • 1967
    The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

    3.6671967HD

    Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds...

    The Illiac Passion
  • 1966
    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    5.51966HD

    This portrait of the filmmaker's apartment, painted in the color of the title, was made a few months before his departure from New York. It...

    Ming Green
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    01966HD

    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
  • 1950
    Swain

    Swain

    Swain

    61950HD

    Swain is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fanshawe, features a dreamlike narrative of a young man’s ritualized rejection of...

    Swain
  • 1976
    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    51976HD

    Prosopographia, 1976. 16mm film, color, sound; 5 minutes (unfinished).

    Prosopographia
  • 1950
    Jackdaw

    Jackdaw

    Jackdaw

    01950HD

    Jackdaw does not exist in this form; footage may have been incorporated into Flowers of Asphalt.

    Jackdaw
  • 1948
    Psyche

    Psyche

    Psyche

    6.31948HD

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

    Psyche
  • 1949
    Charmides

    Charmides

    Charmides

    5.51949HD

    Based on Plato's dialogue Charmides.

    Charmides