Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 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.
  • 1992
    Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas

    Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas

    Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas

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    Jonas Mekas' "Cinématon" No. 1590, directed by Gérard Courant on December 14, 1992, in Paris, France.

    Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas
  • 2003
    Axiom of Choice

    Axiom of Choice

    Axiom of Choice

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    Evoking the physiognomy of a Rembrandt portrait, Axiom of Choice depicts Jonas Mekas and his son Sebastian, their heads rotating in radiant...

    Axiom of Choice
  • 1995
    Nico Icon

    Nico Icon

    Nico Icon

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    A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to...

    Nico Icon
  • 2022
    Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages

    Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages

    Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages

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    This very special film features a carefully curated selection of some of the priceless messages that have graced Anthology’s voicemail system...

    Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
  • 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
  • 2006
    Graffiti Museum Bronx, NYC

    Graffiti Museum Bronx, NYC

    Graffiti Museum Bronx, NYC

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    This was filmed in the Bronx on July 17, 1993. It includes writings on train passage walls created by many classic graffiti artists of c. 1993...

    Graffiti Museum Bronx, NYC
  • 1998
    My Country is Cinema, Scenes from the Life of Jonas Mekas

    My Country is Cinema, Scenes from the Life of Jonas Mekas

    My Country is Cinema, Scenes from the Life of Jonas Mekas

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    A portrait of Jonas Mekas.

    My Country is Cinema, Scenes from the Life of Jonas Mekas
  • 1980
    Robert Haller's Wedding

    Robert Haller's Wedding

    Robert Haller's Wedding

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    My wedding gift to Robert Haller and Amy Greenfield. The publishers of the Anthology Film Archives are very happy with the making this farce.

    Robert Haller's Wedding
  • 2014
    My Birthday

    My Birthday

    My Birthday

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    Jonas Mekas talks about December 24th, his birthday.

    My Birthday
  • 2001
    Diary Entry: Father and Daughter

    Diary Entry: Father and Daughter

    Diary Entry: Father and Daughter

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    Diary Entry: Father and Daughter (Shiva and Rumple) March 7, 2001.

    Diary Entry: Father and Daughter
  • 1967
    The Song of Avila

    The Song of Avila

    The Song of Avila

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    Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s visit to Avila in 1967, this short records his impressions of the city, inspired by Meher Baba’s teaching...

    The Song of Avila
  • 2022
    Notes for a Déjà vu

    Notes for a Déjà vu

    Notes for a Déjà vu

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    The immediately recognisable voice and sweet wistful words of the late legend of the avantgarde, Jonas Mekas, is heard over the images of an imagined...

    Notes for a Déjà vu
  • 2017
    From the Notebooks of a Cinema Maniac

    From the Notebooks of a Cinema Maniac

    From the Notebooks of a Cinema Maniac

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    Video diary film by Jonas Mekas, premiered at the British Film Institute on December 5, 2017.

    From the Notebooks of a Cinema Maniac
  • 2018
    Beyond the Bolex

    Beyond the Bolex

    Beyond the Bolex

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    Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents...

    Beyond the Bolex
  • 2003
    Not in Our Name

    Not in Our Name

    Not in Our Name

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    Details unknown

    Not in Our Name
  • 2025
    A Mixtape for Stom

    A Mixtape for Stom

    A Mixtape for Stom

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    "A Mixtape for Stom" is an intimate documentary portrait of Japanese experimental filmmaker Stom Sogo (1975–2012), whose frenetic Super-8mm...

    A Mixtape for Stom
  • 2006
    The Monks of Cinema

    The Monks of Cinema

    The Monks of Cinema

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    We came to the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar to present Jack Smith's film Flaming Creatures, although we were not included among the official guests....

    The Monks of Cinema
  • 2006
    The Song of Central Park

    The Song of Central Park

    The Song of Central Park

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    During the course of a single winter’s day, January 16, 1966, Jonas Mekas captured impressionistic glimpses of people playing and working in...

    The Song of Central Park
  • 1979
    Paradise Not Yet Lost

    Paradise Not Yet Lost

    Paradise Not Yet Lost

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    The film is arranged in six chronologically-ordered parts, each filmed in a different location during Oona's third year.

    Paradise Not Yet Lost