Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.6252007HD

    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 2008
    Notes on an American Film Director at Work

    Notes on an American Film Director at Work

    Notes on an American Film Director at Work

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    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, through various locations during the shooting of his...

    Notes on an American Film Director at Work
  • 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
  • 2015
    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

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    Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol - in the hour-by-hour detail of his daily life.

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 2010
    42 One Dream Rush

    42 One Dream Rush

    42 One Dream Rush

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    Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known...

    42 One Dream Rush
  • 1965
    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

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    The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light,...

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests
  • 2002
    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

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    Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

    In the Mirror of Maya Deren
  • 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
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    102007HD

    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1979
    ORG

    ORG

    ORG

    5.31979HD

    Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...

    ORG
  • 2011
    Guest

    Guest

    Guest

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    Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What...

    Guest
  • 1981
    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    5.61981HD

    Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...

    Strong Medicine
  • 1990
    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

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    An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

    Step Across the Border
  • 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
  • 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

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    Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.

    Lost, Lost, Lost
  • 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

    7.91974HD

    Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
  • 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
  • 1978
    Notes for Jerome

    Notes for Jerome

    Notes for Jerome

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    During the summer of 1966 Jonas Mekas spent two months in Cassis, as a guest of Jerome Hill. Mekas visited him briefly again in 1967, with P. Adams...

    Notes for Jerome
  • 1966
    The Love Merchant

    The Love Merchant

    The Love Merchant

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    Biker Click procures lovely willing young women for decadent millionaire playboy Kendall Harvey III. Kendall sets his sights on Peggy Johns as his...

    The Love Merchant