Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2008
    Notes on an American Film Director at Work

    Notes on an American Film Director at Work

    Notes on an American Film Director at Work

    5.52008HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, through various locations during the shooting of his...

    Notes on an American Film Director at Work
  • 1999
    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    5.91999HD

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

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography
  • 1994
    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    6.41994HD

    Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of...

    Jonas in the Desert
  • 1991
    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

    01991HD

    In 1950 Jerome Hill went to Zurich with the intention of making a film about Dr. Carl G. Jung. The project was abandoned when Hill decided that Jung...

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum
  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.72007HD

    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 1963
    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

    6.21963HD

    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
  • 2006
    Jackie & Lee Fragments of an Unfinished Biography

    Jackie & Lee Fragments of an Unfinished Biography

    Jackie & Lee Fragments of an Unfinished Biography

    02006HD

    This is footage from an unfinished film biography of Jackie Onasis and Lee Radziwill that I was in the process of making in 1972, but which was never...

    Jackie & Lee Fragments of an Unfinished Biography
  • 2000
    Silence, Please

    Silence, Please

    Silence, Please

    02000HD

    "Made for a billboard project in Luxembourg, a project that never became reality, this video is an exercise in silence and sound." - Jonas Mekas

    Silence, Please
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    4.91978HD

    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 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

    8.41986HD

    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
  • 1990
    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    71990HD

    Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture....

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
  • 1981
    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

    6.31981HD

    “New York plays itself, as Taylor Mead and Winifred Bryan regale in pas de deux among the trashcans and the towers. The Studiedly Goofy and the...

    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
  • 2006
    Andy at Work

    Andy at Work

    Andy at Work

    02006HD

    Andy Warhol at the Village Gate, June 7, 1966. Andy videotaping John Kennedy Jr. and Anthony Radziwill at Andy's estate, 1971, in Montauk, Long...

    Andy at Work
  • 1972
    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    71972HD

    Jonas Mekas weaves an elegiac diary film from his 1971–72 return to Lithuania, chronicling a visit to his birthplace of Semeniškiai...

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
  • 1961
    The Sin of Jesus

    The Sin of Jesus

    The Sin of Jesus

    5.61961HD

    An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.

    The Sin of Jesus
  • 2022
    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

    7.82022HD

    Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a...

    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
  • 2011
    3.11 A Sense of Home Films

    3.11 A Sense of Home Films

    3.11 A Sense of Home Films

    6.52011HD

    In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

    3.11 A Sense of Home Films
  • 2018
    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    02018HD

    The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double...

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
  • 1980
    Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait

    91980HD

    Jonas Mekas reflects on his life.

    Self-Portrait
  • 1967
    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

    4.91967HD

    Jonas Mekas captures an afternoon in New York as a Hare Krishna group fills the streets with chanting and song. Filmed with his characteristic...

    Hare Krishna