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