Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2006
    The Destruction Quartet

    The Destruction Quartet

    The Destruction Quartet

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    This was originally an art installation by Jonas Mekas which was later shown in a single-screen tetraptych.

    The Destruction Quartet
  • 2005
    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

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    A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship. Footage includes early performances in...

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
  • 2012
    Reminiscences from Germany

    Reminiscences from Germany

    Reminiscences from Germany

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    A narrative presented non-chronologically of Jonas Mekas's time in German forced labour camps and displaced person camps from 1944 to 1949, in which...

    Reminiscences from Germany
  • 2000
    Autobiography of a Man Who Carried his Memory in his Eyes

    Autobiography of a Man Who Carried his Memory in his Eyes

    Autobiography of a Man Who Carried his Memory in his Eyes

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    Summary of the first fifty years Jonas Mekas spent in New York.

    Autobiography of a Man Who Carried his Memory in his Eyes
  • 2019
    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

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    "My last image of Jonas."—Ken Jacobs

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
  • 2006
    I Am Searching for Nothing

    I Am Searching for Nothing

    I Am Searching for Nothing

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    An autobiographical vignette, this is a stop in Marseilles in the summer of 1966. I am sharing a croissant with a cat while boyan singing, presenting...

    I Am Searching for Nothing
  • 2011
    First Class Flight

    First Class Flight

    First Class Flight

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    "There I am, I am treated with the First Class ticket. Evening. But all the businessmen are already sleeping. I can’t sleep. I discover a bar....

    First Class Flight
  • 1995
    Memories of Frankenstein

    Memories of Frankenstein

    Memories of Frankenstein

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    Jerome Hill had a little outdoor theater on the shore of the Mediterranean. Usually he brought over some musicians, like the Julliard Quartet. But in...

    Memories of Frankenstein
  • 2007
    Saturday Jan. 6

    Saturday Jan. 6

    Saturday Jan. 6

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    Saturday Jan. 6
  • 1997
    Letters from Nowhere

    Letters from Nowhere

    Letters from Nowhere

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    A collection of intimate thoughts, read aloud, that become the soundtrack of one of Jonas Mekas beautiful film journals.

    Letters from Nowhere
  • 1992
    Visiting Jonas Mekas

    Visiting Jonas Mekas

    Visiting Jonas Mekas

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    In a mimetic approach to that of the great documentarian, Dubosc delivers notes and fragments of their meetings between 1991 and 1992 in New York. In...

    Visiting Jonas Mekas
  • 1992
    Award

    Award

    Award

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    A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.

    Award
  • 2006
    Robert Frank Films

    Robert Frank Films

    Robert Frank Films

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    Filmed during the shooting of the Sin of Jesus 1960, this film includes Robert Frank, Dick Bellamy, Mary Frank, and others.

    Robert Frank Films
  • 2012
    Jonas Mekas: I Am Not a Filmmaker

    Jonas Mekas: I Am Not a Filmmaker

    Jonas Mekas: I Am Not a Filmmaker

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    Jonas Mekas : I am not a Filmmaker is a documentary about one of the most emblematic figures of American Avant-Garde Cinema. Mekas was born on a farm...

    Jonas Mekas: I Am Not a Filmmaker
  • 2010
    Lavender

    Lavender

    Lavender

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    A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

    Lavender
  • 2009
    The Signing

    The Signing

    The Signing

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    MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

    The Signing