Documentary on Jonas Mekas and the American avant-garde cinema, with several new interviews and appearances and over 100 excerpts and examples. Detailed sequences on Mekas, Stan Brakhage, Kenneth Anger, Peter Kubelka, Bob Downey, Su Friedrich, and Anthology Film Archives.
Editing
Workman weaves 100+ clips into coherent chaos.
Production
Rare access to living legends who usually refuse cameras.
Director
Chuck Workman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mekas shot footage for this documentary until his final weeks—he literally couldn't stop filming.
The 'essential cinema' list Anthology created in 1970s still shapes film school syllabi today, for better and worse.
US
