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  • A Critical Cinema 2: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers

    "This sequel to A Critical Cinema offers a new collection of interviews with independent filmmakers that is a feast for film fans and film historians. Scott MacDonald reveals the sophisticated thinking of these artists regarding film, politics, and contemporary gender issues. The interviews explore the careers of Robert Breer, Trinh T. Minh-ha, James Benning, Su Friedrich, and Godfrey Reggio. Yoko Ono discusses her cinematic collaboration with John Lennon, Michael Snow talks about his music and films, Anne Robertson describes her cinematic diaries, Jonas Mekas and Bruce Baillie recall the New York and California avant-garde film culture. The selection has a particularly strong group of women filmmakers, including Yvonne Rainer, Laura Mulvey, and Lizzie Borden. Other notable artists are Anthony McCall, Andrew Noren, Ross McElwee, Anne Severson, and Peter Watkins."

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  • Eyes Upside Down:Visionary Filmmakers & the Heritage of Emersson

    Sitney analyzes in detail the work of eleven American avant-garde filmmakers as heirs to the aesthetics of exhilaration and innovative vision articulated by Ralph Waldo Emerson and explored by John Cage, Charles Olson and Gertrude Stein. The films discussSitney analyzes in detail the work of eleven American avant-garde filmmakers as heirs to the aesthetics of exhilaration and innovative vision articulated by Ralph Waldo Emerson and explored by John Cage, Charles Olson and Gertrude Stein. The films discussed span the sixty years since the Second World War.

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  • Jonas Mekas - This Side of Paradise

    Mekas spent time with Jackie Kennedy and her sister\'s family and children in the years following JFK\'s death. Jackie wanted to give her children something to do to ease the transition to life without a father. A movie camera was suggested and Mekas was

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  • Experimenta Weekend 2011

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    The return (Nathaniel Dorsky, 2011)Experimenta Weekend, the avant-garde and experimental films strand of the London Film Festival returns once again on October 21-23. Curated by Mark Webber, together with Adam Pugh and Marina Ribera, this year's edition includes highlights such as Jonas Mekas' Sleepless Night Stories, and his correspondence with Spanish filmmaker José Luis Guerín, sessions dedicated to Portuguese filmmaker Gabriel Abrantes and Chick Strand, with newly restored prints of classics such as Loose ends and Cartoon le Mousse.

    As in previous years, the section presents a selection of the most recent experimental works, including the latest films and videos by Nathaniel Dorsky (The return), Ben Rivers (Sack Barrow and Two years at sea), James Benning (Twenty cigarettes) and Phil Solomon (American Falls), who is also the protagonist of 'Feel flows', a partial retrospective at Tate Modern.

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  • Jona Mekas in Paris

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    Quartets (Jonas Mekas, 2007)Two upcoming events for those living in Paris or planning a trip there in the next few days:

    - On October 21th, an encounter with Jonas Mekas, including the projection of '13 of 365' a selecion of 13 films from the 365 Project. At the ENSBA (Mediatheque) - 14 Rue Bonaparte - 75006 Paris.

    - On October 22th-25th, at the FIAC 2009 fair you'll be able to see Quartets, a videoinstallation created by Jonas Mekas in 2007. FIAC - Stand A22 - Cour Carrée du Louvre, Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. Presented by The Film Gallery in collaboration with La Galerie Du Jour Agnes B.

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  • Visions of Warhol

    Visions of Warhol

    Scenes from the life of Andy Warhol, as seen by four pioneer avant-garde film-makers and close friends of the Pop-artist.Scenes from the life of Andy Warhol, as seen by four pioneer avant-garde film-makers and close friends of the Pop-artist.

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  • Jonas Mekas talks about Underground Cinema

    Lecture by Jonas Mekas delivered at the Whitney Museum in 1992. 

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  • JonasMekas com: Rythmus 21 de Richter

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    Tal y como anunciábamos, Jonas Mekas ha comenzado a publicar en su web vídeos de obras clásicas experimentales. Los vídeos son en formato mp4 (compatible Ipod) y cuentan con una introducción del propio Mekas. El primero en tener el honor es Rythmus 21 (1921) de Hans Richter.

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