GME provided clips from Jonas Mekas’ ZEFIRO TORNA (1992), LOST LOST LOST (1976), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1992), and RE: MACIUNAS AND FLUXUS (2011), as well as from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), for this documentary feature by Amanda Kim on the father of video art.
GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes and Swish Productions for the Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.
Read MoreGME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968) featuring scenes of Jonas Mekas for director KD Davison’s intimate look at Mekas’s life and work. It is a story about finding beauty amidst profound loss, a story of a man who was also the most significant force behind the evolution and promotion of the American Avant- Garde film movement, and who tried to make sense of it all… with a camera.
GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes for the Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film REPORT FROM MILLBROOK (1965-1966) and SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1990, from THE SIXTIES QUARTET, 1990-1999) for director Nancy Buirski’s documentary about a dark and difficult masterpiece and the deeply gifted and flawed people who made it. It is about New York in a troubled era of cultural ferment and social change.
GME provided footage from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Jack Waters’ BERLIN/NEW YORK (1984) and THE MALE GAYZE (1989), Jackie Raynal’s NEW YORK STORY (1980), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) as B-roll for the Radical Media production CONVERSATION WITH A KILLER: THE JOHN WAYNE GACY TAPES.
WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969) is a 3-hour masterwork included in the collection JONAS MEKAS: THE MAJOR WORKS avialable from GME. Mekas’ footage of the Velvet Underground’s maiden performance at the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry appears in an episode of the 3 part BBC series.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film REPORT FROM MILLBROOK (1965-1966, part of his magnum opus WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES, 1969) to Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris for his documentary about Leary’s whirlwind romance with Joanna Harcourt-Smith. The film began broadcasting on Showtime in December 2020.
GME provided footage from Jonas Mekas’ films, including SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990) and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), to acclaimed director Martin Scorsese for his Peabody Award-winning portrait of Bob Dylan, originally released on PBS in 2005.
GME provided Ric Burns and Steeplechase Films a sequence from Helen Levitt’s short, NYC street photography classic, IN THE STREET (1948) for inclusion in the 8 episode PBS release NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM. Levitt’s film appeared in episode 7, "The City and the World (1945–2000)" which originally aired on October 1, 2001.
Photographed by James Agee, Helen Levitt and Janice Loeb, and edited by Levitt, IN THE STREET (1948, 16 minutes), listed on the United States National Film Registry preservation program, is a classic example of NYC street photography. GME licensed the film in its entirety for inclusion in the French series in 2012.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), the films of Marie Menken and others to Steeplechase Films (WNET) for their 4 hour, 2006 PBS broadcast and DVD release of ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN (released 1995), which includes scenes of Lennon’s 1972 birthday party in Syracuse, NY, including scenes at Yoko Ono’s art opening and celebrations at a local hotel. Also licensed to Lost Weekend LLC for this production are scenes from Mekas’ ZEFIRO TORNA OR SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF GEORGE MACIUNAS (released 1992) containing informal picnic scenes with Lennon and friends. THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY is currently in production.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film WALDEN (1969) and Marie Menken’s ANDY WARHOL to VH1 for the 2009 production of LORDS OF THE REVOLUTION, episode 4: “Timothy Leary”.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990) and Marie Menken’s ANDY WARHOL to VH1 for the 2009 production of LORDS OF THE REVOLUTION.
WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969) is a 3-hour masterwork included the collection JONAS MEKAS: THE MAJOR WORKS avialable from GME. Mekas’ footage of the Velvet Underground appears in program 2 of SEVEN AGES OF ROCK, "“White Light, White Heat”.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1999) for WDR’s 2007 German television release, LEGEND: JACKIE O.
Read MoreGME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990) and THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1999) for this upcoming documentary project by Patrick Jeudy (BOBBY KENNEDY: THE MAN WHO WANTED TO CHANGE AMERICA, MARILYN, DERNIÈRES SÉANCES, ect.) from No School Productions.
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