Hey, if it’s Christmas Eve, then it’s time to celebrate the birthday of a very jolly ol’ soul, Jonas Mekas, the Godfather of Underground Film. Face it, without Jonas promoting the underground as fiercely as he did back in the ’60s, then most of us who are into this unique art form probably wouldn’t be here celebrating it, much less making it. So, here’s to you Jonas, who turns 92 today!
The above embedded video is an excerpt from a 1992 documentary by Lars Movin called The Misfits: 30 Years of Fluxus. In the clip, Jonas discusses one of his favorite subjects, his best friend, the late artist George Maciunas, who helped co-found the Filmmakers Cinematheque in 1967 at 80 Wooster Street in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. The Cinematheque was the foundation of what was eventually to become the Anthology Film Archives, which — like Jonas — is currently going...
The above embedded video is an excerpt from a 1992 documentary by Lars Movin called The Misfits: 30 Years of Fluxus. In the clip, Jonas discusses one of his favorite subjects, his best friend, the late artist George Maciunas, who helped co-found the Filmmakers Cinematheque in 1967 at 80 Wooster Street in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. The Cinematheque was the foundation of what was eventually to become the Anthology Film Archives, which — like Jonas — is currently going...
- 12/24/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
What’s brand new, big and British? Why, it’s the first annual London Underground Film Festival, which will run at the infamous Horse Hospital underground screening room on Dec. 4-10.
Seven full days and nights is an exceptionally aggressive schedule for a first time out, but it’s even more impressive once you dig into the variety of films and programs being offered, including lectures, installations and live performances mixed in with feature length films and short film programs.
To help out with such an ambitious project, the London Underground has asked a couple of festival big guns to help them out. First, underground film historian and Program Director of Australia’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival Jack Sargeant has curated a full day of films for Sunday, Dec., all of which have played at Revelation under his watch.
The films Sargeant has picked are Kevin Barker’s The Family Jams,...
Seven full days and nights is an exceptionally aggressive schedule for a first time out, but it’s even more impressive once you dig into the variety of films and programs being offered, including lectures, installations and live performances mixed in with feature length films and short film programs.
To help out with such an ambitious project, the London Underground has asked a couple of festival big guns to help them out. First, underground film historian and Program Director of Australia’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival Jack Sargeant has curated a full day of films for Sunday, Dec., all of which have played at Revelation under his watch.
The films Sargeant has picked are Kevin Barker’s The Family Jams,...
- 12/1/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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