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 Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

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    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 2013
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1996
    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

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    A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas' trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
  • 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

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    Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.

    Lost, Lost, Lost
  • 1961
    Guns of the Trees

    Guns of the Trees

    Guns of the Trees

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    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...

    Guns of the Trees
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

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    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2011
    Sleepless Nights Stories

    Sleepless Nights Stories

    Sleepless Nights Stories

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    Director Jonas Mekas travels through New York nights, through apartments, studios, backstage rooms, galleries, bars, and clubs. Encountering old...

    Sleepless Nights Stories
  • 1964
    The Brig

    The Brig

    The Brig

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    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...

    The Brig
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 1963
    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

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    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...

    Hallelujah the Hills
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    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...

    365 Day Project
  • 1965
    The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

    The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

    The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

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    Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation...

    The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
  • 1972
    Going Home

    Going Home

    Going Home

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    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...

    Going Home
  • 1965
    Goldstein

    Goldstein

    Goldstein

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    GOLDSTEIN, the feature film debut of talented director Philip Kaufman, is an early example of American independent filmmaking from the early 1960s. A...

    Goldstein
  • 1970
    Compañeras and Compañeros

    Compañeras and Compañeros

    Compañeras and Compañeros

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    A feature documentary about Cuba’s youth: the student, the worker, the peasant, the teacher, the soldier. These young compañeras and...

    Compañeras and Compañeros
  • 1993
    The Genius

    The Genius

    The Genius

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    A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons,...

    The Genius
  • 1967
    An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

    An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

    An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

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    Adolfas starred in, directed, and edited this Vietnam comedy, produced by Pola Chapelle and shot by Jonas Mekas.

    An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
  • 1966
    The Love Merchant

    The Love Merchant

    The Love Merchant

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    Biker Click procures lovely willing young women for decadent millionaire playboy Kendall Harvey III. Kendall sets his sights on Peggy Johns as his...

    The Love Merchant
  • 1965
    Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    01965HD

    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,"...

    Skyscraper
  • 1971
    The Orchid

    The Orchid

    The Orchid

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    An experimental film directed by author Samuel R. Delany

    The Orchid