Jonas Mekas Movies

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,...

Jonas Mekas came to Paris in October 1997 for the video release of his film Walden. I filmed the event and its twists and turns at the...

"In Spring, 1963 Show Magazine called me and asked that I make a film on arts in New York. I told them, why did they want me to make it - didn't they...

Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s visit to the Soviet Union in 1971, this short presents a personal record of Moscow. The footage was later...

Icon of pop art, Andy Warhol has marked the 20th century. This film pays tribute to him with the exceptional participation of Ultraviolet,...

This was filmed July 1-4, 1965 in Millbrook, at the estate of Timothy Leary. It is with Baba Ramdass and house guests. Sound: me talking about...

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

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,...

"I developed a need to try to retain everything I was passing through, by means of my Bolex camera."

Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s visit to Assisi in 1967, this short documents his time in the city known for its spiritual associations. The...

Images from two trips to Japan, 1983 and 1991. With music – percussion – by Dalius Naujokaitis. A song, or maybe a duet between images...

Alexander Kluge - October 22 2016

“New York plays itself, as Taylor Mead and Winifred Bryan regale in pas de deux among the trashcans and the towers. The Studiedly Goofy and the...

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

Screen test for Andy Warhol, 1966

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...

This piece had its world premiere as the opening film of the Hans Richter Tribute at Cinema Arsenal in the summer of 2003. The nine minutes of film...

A short film portrait of legendary filmmaker Jonas Mekas, talking about the Buddha and the meaning of life.

A newsreel of Jonas Mekas shooting his filmed version of The Brig on the set of the Living Theatre production.

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