Movies: Anthology Film Archives

  • 1984
    Persistence of Vision

    Persistence of Vision (1984)

    Persistence of Vision

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    A short documentary profile of the Anthology Film Archives, shot on the eve of the move to the historic 2nd Avenue Courthouse. Staff and patrons are interviewed, and films preserved by Anthology are spotlighted....

    Persistence of Vision
  • 2012
    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man (2012)

    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

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    "A motion picture composed of brief diaristic scenes not used in completed films from the years 1960-2000; and self-referential video footage taped during the editing. Brief glimpses of family, friends, girl-friends, the City, seasons of the year, tr...

    Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
  • 2004
    A Letter from Greenpoint

    A Letter from Greenpoint (2004)

    A Letter from Greenpoint

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    In February 2004, after 30 years of my life in SoHo, I made a decision to leave SoHo and move to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This video is about what it feels like to leave a place in which one has spent more time than any other place, and which was also...

    A Letter from Greenpoint
  • 1972
    Asi Gençler

    Asi Gençler (1972)

    Asi Gençler

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    Savaş decides to take his revenge against the attorney that caused his sentense....

    Asi Gençler
  • 2003
    Wildfire

    Wildfire (2003)

    Wildfire

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    Female dancers “clothed” in electronically generated flaming colors reincarnate Thomas Edison’s 1894 hand-tinted film “Annabelle Dances”....

    Wildfire
  • 1991
    Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas

    Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas (1991)

    Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas

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    Jonas Mekas recites poems of his, both in English and Lithuanian. Exclusive Mekas interview by the poet Sparrow. The legendary poet-film critic and film diarist waxes philosophical in rare extended setting exhibiting his transcendental poetic humor. ...

    Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas