Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 1967
    Notes on the Circus

    Notes on the Circus

    Notes on the Circus

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    Jonas Mekas transforms footage of the Ringling Brothers Circus into a rapid-fire montage set to music, structured in four segments that highlight...

    Notes on the Circus
  • 2019
    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

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    A short portrait of Jonas Mekas by filmmaker and veteran Jonas chronicler Peter Sempel.

    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
  • 2001
    A Letter to Penny Arcade

    A Letter to Penny Arcade

    A Letter to Penny Arcade

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    I made this video June 23, 2001, as a letter for my good friend Penny Arcade who some days earlier had asked me why I love New York. I truly love New...

    A Letter to Penny Arcade
  • 2012
    Maya Deren, Take Zero

    Maya Deren, Take Zero

    Maya Deren, Take Zero

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    This documentary interweaves films and voice recordings by Maya Deren with interviews featuring colleagues and contemporaries who worked with or knew...

    Maya Deren, Take Zero
  • 1973
    Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

    Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

    Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

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    During the 1970s I shot, helped to make, or commissioned about ten document films, mainly about film-makers. This film is one of them. It was made...

    Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
  • 1969
    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

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    Jonas Mekas zoomed in from a completely different angle for his Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel. This fake interview with ‘Lapland’s...

    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
  • 2019
    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

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    A film tribute to the inspirational Jonas Mekas.

    Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas
  • 2016
    Memories of Jerome Hiler

    Memories of Jerome Hiler

    Memories of Jerome Hiler

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    Projecting films at the Film-Makers' Cinematheque on Bruce Conner, Andy Warhol and Harry Smith

    Memories of Jerome Hiler
  • 2006
    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park

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    Clip from Walden.

    Brakhage Crosses Central Park
  • 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
  • 2016
    Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera

    Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera

    Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera

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    Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016

    Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera
  • 2006
    Jonas' Independence Speech at the Anniversary of the Filmmaker's Cooperative

    Jonas' Independence Speech at the Anniversary of the Filmmaker's Cooperative

    Jonas' Independence Speech at the Anniversary of the Filmmaker's Cooperative

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    From the diaries. This was filmed on July 1, 2004. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for my new,...

    Jonas' Independence Speech at the Anniversary of the Filmmaker's Cooperative
  • 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
  • 2006
    Fluxus on the Hudson

    Fluxus on the Hudson

    Fluxus on the Hudson

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    George Maciunas arranged a boat trip up the Hudson River on July 7, 1971. Many of the Fluxus friends joined the trip including Yoko Ono, John Lennon,...

    Fluxus on the Hudson
  • 1981
    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

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    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
  • 2019
    Elegy for J.M.

    Elegy for J.M.

    Elegy for J.M.

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    Created by Anthology’s Archivist John Klacsmann, the visual track of Elegy for J.M. is the result of an encoding malfunction while preparing a...

    Elegy for J.M.
  • 1971
    Journey to Lithuania

    Journey to Lithuania

    Journey to Lithuania

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    During the trip back to Lithuania, Jonas Mekas made Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Adolfas Mekas made Going Home, while Pola Chapelle,...

    Journey to Lithuania
  • 2015
    Filmstudio, mon amour

    Filmstudio, mon amour

    Filmstudio, mon amour

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    Filmstudio, mon amour
  • 2006
    Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998

    Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998

    Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998

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    Patti Smith improvises an unfinished song, called "God Running". From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for...

    Patti Smith at Anthology Film Archives Febr. 19, 1998
  • 2002
    Notes in Lifestyle Margins

    Notes in Lifestyle Margins

    Notes in Lifestyle Margins

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    The film tells about the famous Lithuanian director Vytautas Žalakevičius. The film contains many excerpts from the director's films and...

    Notes in Lifestyle Margins