Films by Jonas Mekas

2003, 95 min
by Peter Sempel (SUNMUSICFILM.COM)

Peter Sempel's second study of the legendary image impresario, film-maker Jonas Mekas. Images, interviews, readings and, most notably, generous excerpts from JM's own atmospheric archive.

1994, 104 min
by Peter Sempel (SUNMUSICFILM.COM)

Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of independent U.S. movies; founder and director of the New York Anthology Film Archive.Peter Sempel, known for Dandy and Just Visiting This Planet (shown at the 13th and 15th Mostra Film Festival respectively), has chosen underground director, poet, and intellectual Jonas Mekas for subject of his most recent documentary Jonas in the Desert.In fact, Mek