Movies

  • 1997
    Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

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    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...

    Happy Birthday to John
  • 2013
    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

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    Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

    What Is Cinema?
  • 2022
    Vertigo

    Vertigo

    Vertigo

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    Gozo Yoshimasu, a pioneer of Japanese contemporary poetry, pursued the vision of his ally, the late Jonas Mekas in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The time...

    Vertigo
  • 1966
    Shooting Guns

    Shooting Guns

    Shooting Guns

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    Shot in 1960 on the set of Jonas Mekas' 'Guns of the Trees'. Dedicated to Ron Rice.

    Shooting Guns
  • 2006
    John & Yoko Bed-In

    John & Yoko Bed-In

    John & Yoko Bed-In

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    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...

    John & Yoko Bed-In
  • 2006
    Anger Me

    Anger Me

    Anger Me

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    Elio Gelmini interviews Avantgarde filmmaker Kenneth Anger. With archive footage of Angers films, he portrays the filmmaker from his childhood until...

    Anger Me
  • 2015
    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

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    Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol - in the hour-by-hour detail of his daily life.

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
  • 2014
    A Cardinal

    A Cardinal

    A Cardinal

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    A Cardinal
  • 2022
    Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

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    For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...

    Fragments of Paradise
  • 1971
    Up Your Legs Forever

    Up Your Legs Forever

    Up Your Legs Forever

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    The film consists of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs.

    Up Your Legs Forever
  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

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    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 1968
    Jonas

    Jonas

    Jonas

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    A verité portrait of Jonas Mekas making his daily rounds, JONAS shows us the underground impresario attending a peace rally, filming in...

    Jonas
  • 2006
    Elia Kazan

    Elia Kazan

    Elia Kazan

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    This was filmed on August 18, 1972 at the house of Lee Radziwill in Montauk, Long Island. The film includes Elia Kazan, Barbara Loden, Peter Beard,...

    Elia Kazan
  • 1973
    Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

    Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

    Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

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    During the 1970s I shot, helped to make, or commissioned about ten document films, mainly about film-makers. This film is one of them. It was made...

    Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
  • 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
  • 2006
    Imperfect Film

    Imperfect Film

    Imperfect Film

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    This is a film made with outtakes from my other films and some found footage. It includes great found footage with monkeys. Sound: Auguste Varkalis...

    Imperfect Film
  • 2017
    Crickets

    Crickets

    Crickets

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    Crickets
  • 2006
    To John With Love

    To John With Love

    To John With Love

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    This was filmed on October 9, 1972 in Syracuse, N.Y., on John Lennon's Birthday; during Lennon/Yoko Ono concert at Madison Square Garden, August 30,...

    To John With Love
  • 1990
    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

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    An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

    Step Across the Border
  • 2006
    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    6.92006HD

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

    Who Gets to Call It Art?