Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2011
    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

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    A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
  • 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
  • 2021
    The Invisible Father

    The Invisible Father

    The Invisible Father

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    In the 1960s, beat poet and experimental filmmaker Piero Heliczer helped shape New American Cinema, and was enmeshed with iconic filmmaker Andy...

    The Invisible Father
  • 2010
    42 One Dream Rush

    42 One Dream Rush

    42 One Dream Rush

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    An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream. Produced by...

    42 One Dream Rush
  • 1989
    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

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    Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Factory, MOMA and the Whitney Museum of Art and in...

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
  • 2015
    Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet

    Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet

    Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet

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    This documentary cracks open the meticulously constructed façade of Andy Warhol, exposing the complex figure behind the soup cans and...

    Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet
  • 2011
    Sleepless Nights Stories

    Sleepless Nights Stories

    Sleepless Nights Stories

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    Unable to sleep, Jonas Mekas drifts through New York nights, moving between apartments, studios, galleries, bars, and clubs. Along the way he...

    Sleepless Nights Stories
  • 2005
    The Definition of Insanity

    The Definition of Insanity

    The Definition of Insanity

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    Co-director Robert Margolis stars as Robert, an actor who may or may not be himself in this intense and often hilarious film about acting, aging and...

    The Definition of Insanity
  • 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
  • 1968
    Underground New York

    Underground New York

    Underground New York

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    A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change...

    Underground New York
  • 1980
    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

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    Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...

    No. 18: Mahagonny
  • 2007
    Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two

    Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two

    Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two

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    Part Two of John Zorn's COBRA (see April 16 for Part One).

    Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two
  • 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
  • 1978
    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

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    Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image...

    Four Shadows
  • 2006
    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    Who Gets to Call It Art?

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    Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.

    Who Gets to Call It Art?
  • 2008
    Doc

    Doc

    Doc

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    The amazing adventures of forgotten American novelist and Paris Review founder, Harold Louis "Doc" Humes. His story is crammed full of ideas, about...

    Doc
  • 1999
    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

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    Jonas Mekas reflects on summers spent in the late 1960s and early 1970s with Jackie Kennedy, her sister Lee Radziwill, and their families. Blending...

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography
  • 1970
    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

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    A film by Alfredo Leonardi.

    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
  • 1974
    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

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    Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
  • 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