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JONAS MEKAS
AS I WAS MOVING AHEAD OCCASIONALLY
I SAW BRIEF GLIMPSES OF BEAUTY
(t.l. Mentre mi muovevo in avanti ogni
tanto ho colto brevi visioni di bellezza)
EVENTI SPECIALI
“I miei diari filmati dal 1970 al
1999. Coprono il mio matrimonio,
i bambini sono nati, li si
vede crescere. Spezzoni di vita
quotidiana, frammenti di felicità
e bellezza, viaggi in
Francia, Italia, Spagna,
Austria. Stagioni dell’anno che
passano su New York. Amici,
vita di casa, natura, ricerca infinita
di momenti di bellezza e
elebrazione della vita – amicizie,
sensazioni, brevi momenti
di felicità, bellezza. Niente di
straordinario, niente di speciale,
cose che proviamo tutti
durante le nostre vite. Ci sono
molti titoli interpolati che
riflettono i miei pensieri del
periodo. La colonna sonora
consiste di musica e suoni registrati
per lo più nello stesso
periodo da cui provengono le immagini. Qualche volta parlo
nel mio registratore, mentre monto queste immagini, adesso,
a distanza di tempo. Il film è anche la mia poesia d’amore a
New York, le sue estati, inverni, strade, parchi. È l’ultimo
film Dogma, prima della nascita del Dogma.” (Jonas Mekas)
BIOGRAFIA
Jonas Mekas (Seminiskiai, Lituania, 1922) nel 1944 fu trasportato
in un campo di lavoro tedesco. Dopo la guerra
rimase in Germania fino al 1948, quindi si trasferì a New
York. Iniziò a realizzare documentari negli anni ’50. Fondò la
rivista “Film Culture” nel 1955. Nel 1960 fu tra i fondatori del
New American Cinema Group, nel 1962 della New York
Filmmakers’ Cooperative, nel 1970 degli Anthology Film
Achives, che dirige ancor oggi.
musica/music: Auguste Varkalis
distribuzione/distributed by: Jonas Mekas (491 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012; tel.: (1-212) 5055181; fax.: (1-212)
4772714
durata/running time: 288’
origine/country: USA 2000
“My film diaries 1970-1999. It
covers my marriage, children are
born, you see them growing up.
Footage of daily life, fragments
of happiness and beauty, trips to
France, Italy, Spain, Austria.
Seasons of the year as they pass
through New York. Friends,
home life, nature, unending
search for moments of beauty
and celebration of life – friendships,
feelings, brief moments of
happiness, beauty. Nothing
extraordinary, nothing special,
things that we all experience as
we go through our lives. There
are many inter-titles that reflects
my thoughts of the period. The
soundtrack consists of music
and sounds recorded mostly during
the same period from which
the images came. Sometimes I
talk into my tape recorder, as I edit these images, now, from a
distance of time. The film is also my love poem to New York, its
summers, its winters, streets, parks. It’s the ultimate Dogme
movie, before the birth of Dogme.” (Jonas Mekas)
BIOGRAPHY
Jonas Mekas (Seminiskiai, Lithuania, 1922) in 1944 was transported
to a German labour camp. After the war, Mekas remained
in Germany until 1948. In 1949, he emigrated to New York. In
the early 1950s, he made his first documentaries. He founded the
film magazine “Film Culture” in 1955. Five years later he was
involved in the creation of the New American Cinema Group. In
1962 he started the New York Film-makers’ Cooperative. He cofounded
the Anthology Film Archives in New York in 1970,
which he heads to this day.
FILMOGRAFIA (SELEZIONE)/FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION)
Guns of the Trees (1961), The Brig (1963), Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (1964), Notes on the Circus (1966) Cassis (1966), Diaries,
Notes & Sketches (Walden) (1969), Reminiscenses of a Journey to Lithuania (1972), Lost Lost Lost (1975), In Between (1978), Notes for Jerome
(1976/1978), Paradise Not Yet Lost (1979), He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1988), Scenes from the Life of Andy
Warhol (1990), Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (1992), The Education of Sebastian or Egypt Regained (1992, video),
Mob or Angels (1993, video), Imperfect 3-Image Films (1995), On My Way to Fujiyama I Met… (1995), Memories of Frankenstein (1996),
Happy Birthday to John (1996), Birth of a Nation (1997), Scenes from Allen’s Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997, video), Simphony
of Joy (1997, video), Song of Avignon (1998), As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
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