Adolfas Mekas Movies
- 2021
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty7.62021HD
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...
- 2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.42013HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 1996
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania6.91996HD
A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas' trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.
- 1976
Lost, Lost, Lost
Lost, Lost, Lost71976HD
Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.
- 1961
Guns of the Trees
Guns of the Trees7.41961HD
A depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth...
- 1997
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation6.31997HD
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
- 2011
Sleepless Nights Stories
Sleepless Nights Stories5.72011HD
Director Jonas Mekas travels through New York nights, through apartments, studios, backstage rooms, galleries, bars, and clubs. Encountering old...
- 1964
The Brig
The Brig6.61964HD
An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work...
- 1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life81986HD
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
- 1963
Hallelujah the Hills
Hallelujah the Hills6.11963HD
Jack and Leo vie for the affections of Vera – who appears a little differently to each man – over the course of a series of energetic...
- 2007
365 Day Project
365 Day Project02007HD
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...
- 1965
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story01965HD
Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation...
- 1972
Going Home
Going Home5.41972HD
A home movie by Adolfas Mekas and wife Pola Chapelle on their travels to Lithuania and Europe. It was filmed concurrently with the more highly...
- 1965
Goldstein
Goldstein51965HD
GOLDSTEIN, the feature film debut of talented director Philip Kaufman, is an early example of American independent filmmaking from the early 1960s. A...
- 1970
Compañeras and Compañeros
Compañeras and Compañeros01970HD
A feature documentary about Cuba’s youth: the student, the worker, the peasant, the teacher, the soldier. These young compañeras and...
- 1993
The Genius
The Genius51993HD
A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons,...
- 1967
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland01967HD
Adolfas starred in, directed, and edited this Vietnam comedy, produced by Pola Chapelle and shot by Jonas Mekas.
- 1966
The Love Merchant
The Love Merchant4.91966HD
Biker Click procures lovely willing young women for decadent millionaire playboy Kendall Harvey III. Kendall sets his sights on Peggy Johns as his...
- 1965
Skyscraper
Skyscraper01965HD
An Adolfas Mekas directed short parodying Italian art films of the time. It was created for use in a scene of the Broadway musical, "Skyscraper,"...
- 1971
The Orchid
The Orchid01971HD
An experimental film directed by author Samuel R. Delany