Jonas Mekas Movies
- 1978
Cinématon
Cinématon4.31978HD
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....
- 1972
Imagine
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A surreal, half-fiction, half real life footage of a day in the life of John lennon and Yoko Ono, composed to music from John's historic 'Imagine'...
- 1965
Dirt
Dirt81965HD
Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.
- 2021
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground6.8582021HD
Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd...
- 2000
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty7.92000HD
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...
- 1995
Nico Icon
Nico Icon7.21995HD
A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to...
- 1964
The Brig
The Brig6.61964HD
An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work...
- 1979
ORG
ORG5.31979HD
Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...
- 1966
Galaxie
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In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....
- 2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV6.82023HD
The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an...
- 1968
Jonas
Jonas01968HD
A verité portrait of Jonas Mekas making his daily rounds, JONAS shows us the underground impresario attending a peace rally, filming in...
- 1965
Empire
Empire4.11965HD
A single static wide shot of the Empire State Building from early evening until nearly 3 am the next day.
- 2014
River of Fundament
River of Fundament6.62014HD
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In...
- 2010
Lavender
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A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.
- 2013
What Is Cinema?
What Is Cinema?6.22013HD
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...
- 1965
Carl Dreyer
Carl Dreyer01965HD
I made this little film portrait of Dreyer on the 17th of September 1965, in New York. He said he was very interested in what I was trying to do in...
- 1966
Cassis
Cassis6.11966HD
"I was visiting Jerome Hill. Jerome loved France, especially Provence. He spent all his summers in Cassis. My window overlooked the sea. I sat in my...
- 1976
Lost, Lost, Lost
Lost, Lost, Lost6.61976HD
Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.
- 1990
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections6.31990HD
This intimate portrait of Andy Warhol pulls together a unique library of material shot by New York film legend Jonas Mekas. Spanning from 1963 to...
- 1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Andy Warhol Screen Tests81965HD
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,...