Peter Kubelka Movies

  • 2000
    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    7.752000HD

    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 1968
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.3131968HD

    Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family,...

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1984
    Cinématon XXX

    Cinématon XXX

    Cinématon XXX

    01984HD

    Reel 30 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

    Cinématon XXX
  • 2020
    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    5.22020HD

    This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film...

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    102007HD

    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 2020
    Tapes

    Tapes

    Tapes

    02020HD

    The tapes in the program consist of some of Mekas’ earliest cassettes from the 1990s not long after he first began working with video as well...

    Tapes
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    71997HD

    Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    8.41986HD

    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    4.8571978HD

    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 2011
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    6.82011HD

    Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
  • 1972
    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    6.9461972HD

    Jonas Mekas weaves an elegiac diary film from his 1971–72 return to Lithuania, chronicling a visit to his birthplace of Semeniškiai...

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 2006
    Notes on Marie Menken

    Notes on Marie Menken

    Notes on Marie Menken

    5.42006HD

    A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

    Notes on Marie Menken
  • 2016
    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

    02016HD

    Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second...

    EXPRMNTL
  • 1978
    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    71978HD

    Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image...

    Four Shadows
  • 2005
    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    02005HD

    A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship. Footage includes early performances in...

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
  • 2011
    Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman

    Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman

    Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman

    02011HD

    A young woman stands by a car while scenes from metropolitan life flash by.

    Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
  • 1966
    Our Trip to Africa

    Our Trip to Africa

    Our Trip to Africa

    5.8891966HD

    Originally commissioned by an Austrian couple in 1961 to photograph a travel diary documenting their wild game hunt, Kubelka shot three hours of film...

    Our Trip to Africa
  • 1958
    Adebar

    Adebar

    Adebar

    4.7141958HD

    Adebar is the first of Peter Kubelka's 'metric films', in which every element of the composition is precisely ordered and in relation to the gestalt....

    Adebar
  • 1993
    Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

    Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

    Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

    01993HD

    An historic event: Peter Kubelka gives a lecture at the Library of Congress.

    Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress