Completed - ENGLISH - Biography, Documentary, Art - Culture - 68 minutes
Jonas Mekas decided that the time had come to finally collect all the outtakes from his previous films and edit this footage into a final film – as – film (16mm).
Year of production : 2012 Director(s) : Jonas MEKAS Writer(s) : Jonas MEKAS Cast : Jonas MEKAS, Oona MEKAS, Sebastian MEKAS, Hollis MELTON
In my editing room there is a shelf with many cans of film going back as far as 1950. There are all materials that relate to my finished films, from 1950 till now, but they somehow could not find a place in them. They are, in filmmaking language, outtakes. And they are all slowly fading. Some are already faded. On the occasion of my Serpentine show, I decided that the time had come to finally collect all this footage in my final film – as – film. Result of that decision is this film. Footage covers a lot of home life and materials that I took of my friends, the city, nature, and during the visits to Lithuania. All put together in my usual random chance “order.”J. M.
Country(ies) : USA
Mar Del Plata FF 2013doc lisboa 2013transcinema lima 2014kinopavasaris vilnius 2014entrevues de belfort 2014Viennale 2014documenta 2014 (Focus on Directors)las palmas 2014zinebi 2014auteur 2014american film festival wroclaw 2014ibaff murcia 2015