Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies
- 1969
Sorrows
Sorrows7.91969HD
Set to music by Beethoven, this lyrical portrait moves from a chilled and misty exterior to the crystalline interior of the Swiss chateau that King...
- 1967
Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill
Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill61967HD
The life of painter, dancer and poet Mark Turbyfill, seen in his 70th year, is evoked through Markopoulos’ unique form of cinematic portraiture.
- 1975
Gilbert and George
Gilbert and George61975HD
A portrait of the British artists, two living sculptures, filmed in Paris on the occasion of their exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.
- 1940
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol101940HD
Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive,...
- 2000
Sotiros
Sotiros62000HD
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...
- 1967
Eros, O Basileus
Eros, O Basileus11967HD
Structured in nine tableaux each a study of a simple action or situation involving a lone, naked figure, the blind Eros, searching for fulfilment,...
- 1950
Swain
Swain61950HD
Swain is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fanshawe, features a dreamlike narrative of a young man’s ritualized rejection of...
- 1970
Moment
Moment01970HD
Filmed in London. Preserved in Oesterreichishces Filmmuseum, Vienna.
- 1967
Himself as Herself
Himself as Herself2.71967HD
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...
- 1969
Political Portraits
Political Portraits01969HD
Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translation of Paul Valéry’s L’Homme...
- 1950
Jackdaw
Jackdaw01950HD
Jackdaw does not exist in this form; footage may have been incorporated into Flowers of Asphalt.
- 1973
Heracles
Heracles01973HD
Edited but unprinted. Filmed in the apartment of Alban Berg, Vienna
- 2003
Early Monthly Segments
Early Monthly Segments02003HD
Early Monthly Segments, filmed when Beavers was 18 and 19 years old, now forms the opening to his film cycle, "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged...
- 1968
The Mysteries
The Mysteries01968HD
"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...
- 1968
(A)lter (A)ction
(A)lter (A)ction01968HD
(A)lter (A)ction, 1968. Videotape, black-and-white, sound; 65 minutes (director's edit: 57 minute television version).
- 1965
The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)01965HD
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...
- 1966
Ming Green
Ming Green5.51966HD
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...
- 1967
The Dead Ones
The Dead Ones01967HD
Markopoulos’ first attempt at making a 35mm feature film, clearly inspired by the cinema of Jean Cocteau, was left unfinished and the materials...
- 1973
Index – Hans Richter
Index – Hans Richter01973HD
Dedicated to Nigel Gosling. Voice-over with Hans Richter reading a Dada text. Filmed in Locarno. Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna
- 1949
Charmides
Charmides5.51949HD
Based on Plato's dialogue Charmides.