Jonas Mekas Filmes

The video traces the history of the Factory, describes the activities that took place in it, and the historical context. Actual locations are shown...

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

In May 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their famous Bed-In For Peace event. It was attended by many of their close friends, including Timothy...

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...

This was filmed on January 24, 1964, during Prof. Oster's demonstration of moiré patterns. He is shown with Salvador Dalí.

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

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

Short portrait of Jonas Mekas by filmmaker and veteran Jonas chronicler, Peter Sempel.

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. An...

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...

“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...

Two artists, whose work was constrained during the Soviet era, fled to New York. There, they met with their guru Jonas Mekas, the creator of...

A record of a journey through Italy, filmed in 1967.

Jonas Mekas shows us the five Bolex cameras that he used to make all his films, 1950-2000. They also helped other filmmakers (Jack Smith, Gregory...

For some twenty years Mars Bar, on the corner of First Street and Second Avenue, Manhattan, has been my bar. That's where we went for beer and...

"There I am, I am treated with the First Class ticket. Evening. But all the businessmen are already sleeping. I can’t sleep. I discover a bar....

Shortfilm in which Mekas follows a band on a boat ride on Easter Day.

A short portrait of Jonas Mekas by filmmaker and veteran Jonas chronicler Peter Sempel.

This is a film portrait of Dr. Jung at work. It was filmed by Jerome Hill in 1950 at the home of Carl Gustav Jung, and was edited by Jonas Mekas in...

Filmed during the shooting of the Sin of Jesus 1960, this film includes Robert Frank, Dick Bellamy, Mary Frank, and others.