Jonas Mekas: Scrapbook of the Sixties: Writings 1958-2010
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (546 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 395905033X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 450 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He became the barometer of the New York art scene and a pioneer of American avant-garde cinema. Every week, starting in 1958 he published his legendary Movie Journal column in the Village Voice, writing on a range of subjects that were by no means restricted to the world of film. The book contains published and unpublished texts that reveal Mekas as a thoughtful diarist and an unparalleled chronicler of the day a phenomenon that has continued now for over fifty years.. Andy Warhol, Susan Sontag, John Lennon & Yoko Ono Jonas Mekas was well acquainted with a great many New York artists. Mekas developed a form of film diary in which he recorded his daily observations. Born in Lithuania, he came to Brooklyn via Germany in 1949 and began shooting his first experimental films there. He conducted numerous interviews with artists, some of which will now appear for the first time in his Scrapbook of a Diarist
"Five Stars" according to Jon S.. Total blast. Five Stars Mazzinghi Lucia love mekas, his poems, his videos and movies. "it which i had not seen so ut is great to have it in my possession best re gerd" according to gerdo. this book has a long interview with me in it which i had not seen so ut is great to have it in my possession best re gerd s