Jonas Mekas Movie Trailers
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A Few Notes on Andy's Factory Trailer (1999)
31 December 1999
The video traces the history of the Factory, describes the activities that took place in it, and the historical context.
All About Bolex Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
"I developed a need to try to retain everything I was passing through, by means of my Bolex camera."
Anger Me Trailer (2006)
23 October 2006
Elio Gelmini interviews Avantgarde filmmaker Kenneth Anger. With archive footage of Angers films, he portrays the filmmaker from his childhood until present day.
Notes for Jerome Trailer (1978)
03 July 1978
During the summer of 1966 Jonas Mekas spent two months in Cassis, as a guest of Jerome Hill. Mekas visited him briefly again in 1967, with P.
42 One Dream Rush Trailer (2010)
15 September 2010
An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream.
No. 18: Mahagonny Trailer (1980)
13 September 1980
Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1929) for over ten years and considered it his magnum opus.
The Song of Central Park Trailer (2006)
11 November 2006
During the course of a single winter’s day, January 16, 1966, Jonas Mekas captured impressionistic glimpses of people playing and working in Central Park and around the city on 16mm film.
Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet Trailer (2015)
19 June 2015
This documentary cracks open the meticulously constructed façade of Andy Warhol, exposing the complex figure behind the soup cans and Marilyns.
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty Trailer (2000)
05 November 2000
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
The Velvet Underground Trailer (2021)
15 October 2021
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 Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.
Happy Birthday to John Trailer (1997)
09 October 1997
On October 9, 1972, the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse hosted an exhibition of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s work, designed by Fluxus artist George Maciunas.
Laboratorium Anthology Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
Scenes from the life and work at Anthology Film Archives. Much of the footage in this video was shot by Auguste Varkalis.
The Italian Notebook Trailer (1967)
31 December 1967
A record of a journey through Italy, filmed in 1967.
Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
The real history of the cinema is the invisible history – history of friends getting together doing the thing the love – for us the cinema is beginning with every new buzz of the projector.
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen Trailer (1974)
05 November 1974
Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.
Keep Singing Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
"Occasionally I join my music friends Dalius Naujo and Kenny Wollesen at Zebulon, a French music bistro in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
3.11 A Sense of Home Films Trailer (2011)
11 September 2011
In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.
Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum Trailer (1991)
06 August 1991
In 1950 Jerome Hill went to Zurich with the intention of making a film about Dr. Carl G. Jung. The project was abandoned when Hill decided that Jung was not a good subject.
Who Gets to Call It Art? Trailer (2006)
01 February 2006
Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man Trailer (1981)
01 August 1981
“New York plays itself, as Taylor Mead and Winifred Bryan regale in pas de deux among the trashcans and the towers.
In Between Trailer (1978)
03 June 1978
Footage from 1964-1968 that did not find its way into the Walden reels is joined in this classic period piece.
9/11: Life Under Attack Trailer (2021)
03 September 2021
A unique and compelling account of the day that changed the modern world, captured by ordinary people who chose to pick up their cameras and film that fateful day.
Just Visiting This Planet Trailer (1991)
05 September 1991
Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.
River of Fundament Trailer (2014)
12 February 2014
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings.
Jonas Towards Broadway Trailer (2019)
01 January 2019
Short portrait of Jonas Mekas by filmmaker and veteran Jonas chronicler, Peter Sempel.
Journey to Lithuania Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
During the trip back to Lithuania, Jonas Mekas made Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Adolfas Mekas made Going Home, while Pola Chapelle, Adolfas’ wife, made this Journey to Lithuania, which both Jonas and Adolfas said was the best of these three films.
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance Trailer (2017)
01 September 2017
In his latest film, Mekas shares what he describes as “a valentine to Yoko Ono,” done in his signature diaristic style.
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus Trailer (2018)
21 February 2018
In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art movement Fluxus.
Dirt Trailer (1965)
25 September 1965
Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.
Elegy for J.M. Trailer (2019)
16 December 2019
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 clip of Jonas Mekas’s Lost Lost Lost (1976), a happy digital accident in keeping with the spontaneity and openness to chance embodied by Jonas’s diary films themselves.
Happy Easter Ride Trailer (2012)
22 July 2012
Shortfilm in which Mekas follows a band on a boat ride on Easter Day.
First Class Flight Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
"There I am, I am treated with the First Class ticket. Evening. But all the businessmen are already sleeping.
From the Notebooks of a Cinema Maniac Trailer (2017)
05 December 2017
Video diary film by Jonas Mekas, premiered at the British Film Institute on December 5, 2017.
Notes on Utopia Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
Four-part video made in 2003 and 2004. The first two parts were presented at the Venice Biennale of 2003 as part of the Utopia Station project.
Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas Trailer (2010)
14 October 2010
A short film portrait of legendary filmmaker Jonas Mekas, talking about the Buddha and the meaning of life.
Memories of Frankenstein Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
Jerome Hill had a little outdoor theater on the shore of the Mediterranean. Usually he brought over some musicians, like the Julliard Quartet.
Film Magazine of the Arts Trailer (1965)
02 July 1965
"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 know I was a bit unusual? .
A Report from Venice Trailer (2015)
01 June 2015
Opening of the Internet Saga Pavilion. At Palazzo Foscari Contarini, Venice. May 6 and 7, 2015.
Robert Haller's Wedding Trailer (1980)
01 January 1980
My wedding gift to Robert Haller and Amy Greenfield. The publishers of the Anthology Film Archives are very happy with the making this farce.
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert) Trailer (2019)
01 January 2019
A short portrait of Jonas Mekas by filmmaker and veteran Jonas chronicler Peter Sempel.
Diane the Zebra Woman Trailer (1962)
01 January 1962
Diane the Zebra Woman follows four women’s misadventures through the streets of New York City in 1962.
Notes for a Déjà vu Trailer (2022)
21 February 2022
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 trip to Mexico.
The Education of Sebastian or Egypt Regained Trailer (1992)
28 October 1992
A video record of a mental and physical journey through 5,000 years of Egypt at the End of History; an attempt to reconnect with the Source, with Jean Houston acting as Virgil; as Sebastian watches and absorbs it all from the corner of his eye, focusing on the tip of the Great Pyramid.
Jonas Keeps Shooting Around Trailer (2002)
01 August 2002
A short portrait of Jonas Mekas on the occasion of his 2002 retrospective in Paris (for his 80th birthday).
Mysteries Trailer (2002)
31 December 2002
A document of a Living Theater performance in Cassis, France, this piece was filmed in 1966 but onlys
Orchard Street Trailer (2010)
24 September 2010
Footage of Orchard Street from 1953 and 1975, put together for an opening of James Fuentes Gallery in 2010 on Delancey Street.
Autobiography of a Man Who Carried his Memory in his Eyes Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
Summary of the first fifty years Jonas Mekas spent in New York.
The Destruction Quartet Trailer (2006)
10 October 2006
This was originally an art installation by Jonas Mekas which was later shown in a single-screen tetraptych.
My Paris Movie Trailer (2011)
31 December 2011
For some time I had been thinking about doing something with my Paris footage, of which I have many many hours.
From the diaries of a cinema maniac Trailer (2017)
27 January 2017
Scenes from the life and work of independent film-makers. Includes Douglas Gordon, Peter Hutton, Ken Jacobs, Alexander Kluge, Harmony Korine, Peter Kubelka, MM Serra, Susan Sontag, Béla Tarr, Agnes Varda, and more.
Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party Trailer (2019)
03 November 2019
"My last image of Jonas."—Ken Jacobs
European Diaries Trailer (1966)
04 September 1966
“After seeing Taylor Mead’s diaries I can’t look around myself anymore. There is so much to see! So now I sit with my back to nature, like Gertrude Stein.
Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Jonas Mekas recites poems of his, both in English and Lithuanian. Exclusive Mekas interview by the poet Sparrow.
Monday Jan. 1, 2007 Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Jonas Mekas at Zebulon, a music bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, dedicating his 365 day series to Petrarca (1304-1374) the poet who wrote 365 poems to Laura, the woman he loved.