Jonas Mekas Movies

A film tribute to the inspirational Jonas Mekas.

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

Part Two of John Zorn's COBRA (see April 16 for Part One).

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

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...

As I was preparing the soundtrack from my film As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, I was video-taping myself doing it....

This was taped in March 1990 at my 491 Broadway place. It is with Allen Ginsberg, Gozo Yashimasu, Leo Adams, others. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I...

A short lecture by Jonas Mekas

Portrait of the architect Raimund Abraham.

Filmed during a visit to Jerome Hill in Provence, Jonas Mekas sets his Bolex to capture a single day overlooking the port of Cassis. Shot frame by...

This was filmed at Anthology Film Archives on May 31, 2000. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for my...

Live radio recording with Italian RAI3 during the Locarno Film Festival.

Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...

Jonas Mekas recites poems of his, both in English and Lithuanian. Exclusive Mekas interview by the poet Sparrow. The legendary poet-film critic and...

Filmed in Berlin, July 1990. Images of workers taking down the wall and street peddlers selling pieces of it to make a living. From the cycle of...

Scenes from the life and work at Anthology Film Archives. Much of the footage in this video was shot by Auguste Varkalis.

This is footage of Elvis Presley's last performance in New York on June 9th, 1972. It is preceded by footage I shot in Vienna a few years earlier. It...

A short portrait of Jonas Mekas on the occasion of his 2002 retrospective in Paris (for his 80th birthday). Through film clips and interviews, Mekas...

A young woman stands by a car while scenes from metropolitan life flash by.

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...