Jonas Mekas

Synopsis: This six DVD set collects the major works of filmmaker Jonas Mekas. Born in Lithuania in 1922, and forced to flee west by Soviet and Nazi forces, Mekas and his brother Adolfas spent four years in a German displaced persons’ camps before arriving in New York in 1949,where they began making 16mm films. Mekas developed his diary style of filmmaking while simultaneously occupying himself as a film critic, programmer, organiser and distributor.
Language: English
Country: France; United States
Year of release: 2012
Subjects: Film studies
Keywords: avant-garde film & video; documentary films; experimental film & video; Lithuania; New York

Title: Brig, The
Title: Walden, Diaries, Notes and Sketches
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Title: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
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Title: Lost Lost Lost
Title: As I was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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Title: Short Film Works
Synopsis: Cassis (1966, 4 min.); Notes on the Circus (1966, 12 min.); Hare Krishna (1966, 4 min.); Report from Millbrook (1965-66, 12 min.); Time and Fortune Vietname Newsreel (1968, 4 min.); Travel Songs (1967-81, 25 min.)
Quartet Number One (1991, 8 min.); Imperfect Three-Image Films (1995, 6 min.); Song of Avignon (1998, 5 min.) Mozart, Wien & Elvis (2000, 3 min.); Williamsburg (1949-2002, 15 min.)

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