Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1965
    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

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    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
  • 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
  • 1961
    Serenity

    Serenity

    Serenity

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

    Serenity
  • 2013
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

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    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1967
    The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

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    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
  • 1949
    Christmas U.S.A.

    Christmas U.S.A.

    Christmas U.S.A.

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    Things spin: amusement park rides, a phonograph record. A man wakes, shaves, and takes a phone call. Another man, in a kimono, walks in the woods,...

    Christmas U.S.A.
  • 1972
    From the Notebook of...

    From the Notebook of...

    From the Notebook of...

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    "From the Notebook of..." was shot in Florence and takes as its point of departure Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks and Paul Valéry's essay on da...

    From the Notebook of...
  • 1971
    Cimabue! Cimabue!

    Cimabue! Cimabue!

    Cimabue! Cimabue!

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    An experimental short film by Greek-American filmmaker Gregory J. Markopoulos. The film was shot in Florence and is a silent 16 mm film that has not...

    Cimabue! Cimabue!
  • 1963
    Twice a Man

    Twice a Man

    Twice a Man

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    A reworking of the myth of Hippolytus, in which a chaste youth rejects the incestuous advances of his mother and is saved from death by a caring...

    Twice a Man
  • 2002
    The Hedge Theater

    The Hedge Theater

    The Hedge Theater

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    Beavers shot The Hedge Theatre in Rome in the 1980s. It is an intimate film inspired by the Baroque architecture and stone carvings of Francesco...

    The Hedge Theater
  • 1970
    Genius

    Genius

    Genius

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    Based upon the theme of Faust, with the characters portrayed serving as representatives of the crises of their time. A triple portrait of three...

    Genius
  • 1976
    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

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

    Prosopographia
  • 1966
    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

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    Temenos Archive, Zurich

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’
  • 1969
    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    The Olympian

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    Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

    The Olympian
  • 1940
    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

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    Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive,...

    A Christmas Carol
  • 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
  • 1972
    The Divine Damnation

    The Divine Damnation

    The Divine Damnation

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    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
  • 1964
    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

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    Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’