Jonas Mekas Movies

This was taped in March 1990 at my 491 Broadway place. It is with Allen Ginsberg, Gozo Yashimasu, Leo Adams, others.

The life and work of Fluxus artist George Maciunas as seen in clips filmed between 1952 and 1978.

Filmed in 1967 (camera: Gideon Bachmann), edited in 2009. I exit Chelsea Hotel and proceed towards Seventh Avenue where I catch a taxi. From 1967 to...

This was originally an art installation by Jonas Mekas which was later shown in a single-screen tetraptych.

A collection of intimate thoughts, read aloud, that become the soundtrack of one of Jonas Mekas beautiful film journals.

In 1969, Leonardi traveled to the United States to write a book about the New American Cinema. Using a Super-8 camera, he made a film-diary of this...

John Zorn with his band at Anthology Film Archves performs COBRA, part one.

This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.

Jonas Mekas' video letter to John Hanhardt, in which he declines an offer for Anthology to be taken on by the Guggenheim, insisting that they must...

Jonas Mekas reflects on summers spent in the late 1960s and early 1970s with Jackie Kennedy, her sister Lee Radziwill, and their families. Blending...

Clip from Walden.

Filmmaker Michael Rogosin's fascinating exploration of the production history behind his father Lionel's groundbreaking documentary, On the Bowery.

The astonishing story of the first documentary film school in the USA—The Institute of Film Techniques at The City College of New York. This...

Experimental movie about Jonas Mekas spending time in Budapest.

A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship. Footage includes early performances in...

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

Jonas Mekas films the Halloween festivities at Anthology Film Archives in 1990.

Elvis Presley performance at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on Saturday June 10, 1972, the concert, and the subsequent album, were...

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