Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 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
  • 1996
    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October

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    Jonas, Birgit and Anja are leaving for the Brooklyn Bridge. By taxi, buying beer, drinking in the street, joking, running, dancing on the bridge. It...

    Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October
  • 2011
    Mont Ventoux

    Mont Ventoux

    Mont Ventoux

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    I am in Provence near Mt. Ventoux. I remember the poet Petrarca walking on Mt. Ventoux and carrying with him a volume of St. Augustine’s...

    Mont Ventoux
  • 2006
    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

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    Filmed in Berlin, July 1990. Images of workers taking down the wall and street peddlers selling pieces of it to make a living. From the cycle of...

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall
  • 2014
    A Cardinal

    A Cardinal

    A Cardinal

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    A Cardinal
  • 2007
    Thursday Jan. 4, 2007: Pedro (São Paulo) or The Right Way To Make Capirinha

    Thursday Jan. 4, 2007: Pedro (São Paulo) or The Right Way To Make Capirinha

    Thursday Jan. 4, 2007: Pedro (São Paulo) or The Right Way To Make Capirinha

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    Pedro, at Nick Cave's favorite caipirinha bar in São Paolo, gives a lesson in how to prepare the classic Brazilian drink.

    Thursday Jan. 4, 2007: Pedro (São Paulo) or The Right Way To Make Capirinha
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2006
    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    Who Gets to Call It Art?

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    Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.

    Who Gets to Call It Art?
  • 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
  • 2010
    Orchard Street

    Orchard Street

    Orchard Street

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    Footage of Orchard Street from 1953 and 1975, put together for an opening of James Fuentes Gallery in 2010 on Delancey Street. You see the commercial...

    Orchard Street
  • 1970
    Fragments of an Unfinished Biography of Jackie & Lee

    Fragments of an Unfinished Biography of Jackie & Lee

    Fragments of an Unfinished Biography of Jackie & Lee

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    This is footage from an unfinished film biography of Jackie Onasis and Lee Radziwill that I was in the process of making in 1972, but which was never...

    Fragments of an Unfinished Biography of Jackie & Lee
  • 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

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    Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the...

    Lost, Lost, Lost
  • 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
  • 1993
    Jonas Mekas in Budapest

    Jonas Mekas in Budapest

    Jonas Mekas in Budapest

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    Experimental movie about Jonas Mekas spending time in Budapest.

    Jonas Mekas in Budapest
  • 1998
    Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97

    Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97

    Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97

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    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...

    Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97
  • 2017
    I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

    I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

    I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

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    In his latest film, Mekas shares what he describes as “a valentine to Yoko Ono,” done in his signature diaristic style. Mixing the...

    I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
  • 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.
  • 2015
    New Seasons Movement IV

    New Seasons Movement IV

    New Seasons Movement IV

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    Gidon Kremer, along with his chamber orchestra, the Kremerata Baltica, wanted to build a bridge between different art forms and musical worlds,...

    New Seasons Movement IV
  • 2007
    Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two

    Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two

    Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two

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    Part Two of John Zorn's COBRA (see April 16 for Part One).

    Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two