Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas
Biografske informacije
Rođenje24. 12. 1922. (1922-12-24) (dob: 101)
Semeniškiai, Biržai, Litva
Znamenita djela
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Jonas Mekas (24. decembar 1922 - ) je američki filmski režiser, pjesnik i likovni umjetnik rodom iz Litve, poznat po zapaženim eksperimentalnim filmovima 1960-ih, zbog kojih je dobio neslužbenu reputaciju "kuma američke filmske avangarde".

Filmography

  • Guns of the Trees (1962)
  • Film Magazine of the Arts (1963)
  • The Brig (1964)
  • Empire (1964)
  • Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (1964)
  • Report from Millbrook (1964–65)
  • Hare Krishna (1966)
  • Notes on the Circus (1966)
  • Cassis (1966)
  • The Italian Notebook (1967)
  • Time and Fortune Vietnam Newsreel (1968)
  • Walden (Diaries, Notes, and Sketches) (1969)
  • Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1971–72)
  • Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)
  • In Between: 1964–8 (1978)
  • Notes for Jerome (1978)
  • Paradise Not Yet Lost (also known as Oona's Third Year) (1979)
  • Street Songs (1966/1983)
  • Cups/Saucers/Dancers/Radio (1965/1983)
  • Erik Hawkins: Excerpts from “Here and Now with Watchers”/Lucia Dlugoszewski Performs (1983)
  • He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1969/1985)
  • Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol (1990)
  • Mob of Angels/The Baptism (1991)
  • Dr. Carl G. Jung or Lapis Philosophorum (1991)
  • Quartet Number One (1991)
  • Mob of Angels at St. Ann (1992)
  • Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (1992)
  • The Education of Sebastian or Egypt Regained (1992)
  • He Travels. In Search of... (1994)
  • Imperfect 3-Image Films (1995)
  • On My Way to Fujiyama I Met… (1995)
  • Happy Birthday to John (1996)
  • Memories of Frankenstein (1996)
  • Birth of a Nation (1997)
  • Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997)
  • Letter from Nowhere – Laiskas is Niekur N.1 (1997)
  • Symphony of Joy (1997)
  • Song of Avignon (1998)
  • Laboratorium (1999)
  • Autobiography of a Man Who Carried his Memory in his Eyes (2000)
  • This Side of Paradise (1999)
  • Notes on Andy's Factory (1999)
  • Mysteries (1966–2001)
  • As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
  • Remedy for Melancholy (2000)
  • Ein Maerchen (2001)
  • Williamsburg, Brooklyn (1950–2003)
  • Mozart & Wien and Elvis (2000)
  • Travel Songs (1967–1981) n
  • Dedication to Leger (2003)
  • Notes on Utopia (2003) 30 min,
  • Letter from Greenpoint (2004)
  • 365 Day Project (2007), 30 hours.
  • Notes on American Film Director: Martin Scorsese (2007), 80 min.
  • Lithuania and the Collapse of USSR (2008), 4 h 50 min.
  • Sleepless Nights Stories (Premiere at the Berlinale 2011)
  • My Mars Bar Movie (2011)
  • "Correspondences: José Luis Guerin and Jonas Mekas" (2011)
  • "Reminiszenzen aus Deutschland" (2012)
  • "Out-takes from the Life of a Happy Man" (2012)

Izvori


Litetatura

  • Hans-Jürgen Tast (Hrsg.) „As I Was Moving. Kunst und Leben“ (Schellerten/Germany 2004) (z.m.a.K.) ISBN 3-88842-026-1;
  • Efren Cuevas, “The Immigrant Experience in Jonas Mekas’s Diary Films: A Chronotopic Análisis of Lost, Lost, Lost”, Biography, vol. 29, n. 1, winter 2006, pp. 55–73. Available at http://dspace.unav.es/dspace/bitstream/10171/3268/1/Art%20Mekas%20Biography%20publicado.pdf Arhivirano 2011-07-17 na Wayback Machine-u

Vanjske veze

  • Jonas Mekas na sajtu IMDb
  • Jonas Mekas' website
  • A Conversation between Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage Arhivirano 2010-11-03 na Wayback Machine-u
  • Interview with 3:AM Magazine
  • The Anthology Film Archives
  • Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
  • Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center
  • Jonas Mekas in conversation with the Brooklyn Rail
  • Jonas Mekas poetry in English Arhivirano 2008-12-12 na Wayback Machine-u
  • A short documentary about Jonas Mekas (29mn)
  • Jonas Mekas tells his life story at Web of Stories
  • Jonas Mekas' DVDs  : http://www.re-voir.com/boutique/category.php?id_category=47
  • "To Barbara Rubin With Love" by Jonas Mekas
  • Jonas Mekas at the Serpentine Gallery 2012