Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1968
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.41968HD

    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1966
    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    5.31966HD

    This portrait of the filmmaker's apartment, painted in the color of the title, was made a few months before his departure from New York. It...

    Ming Green
  • 1972
    From the Notebook of...

    From the Notebook of...

    From the Notebook of...

    61972HD

    "From the Notebook of..." was shot in Florence and takes as its point of departure Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks and Paul Valéry's essay on da...

    From the Notebook of...
  • 1947
    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    5.61947HD

    A young man desperately seeks out the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through the...

    Fragment of Seeking
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1967
    The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

    3.51967HD

    Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds...

    The Illiac Passion
  • 1971
    Saint Actaeon

    Saint Actaeon

    Saint Actaeon

    01971HD

    A visual portrait of a man sitting on a garden bench. Variations of a series of stills, moving, emphasises the hands and feet. The film is intercut...

    Saint Actaeon
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    01966HD

    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1964
    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    61964HD

    In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It...

    Dionysus
  • 1963
    Twice a Man

    Twice a Man

    Twice a Man

    5.51963HD

    A reworking of the myth of Hippolytus, in which a chaste youth rejects the incestuous advances of his mother and is saved from death by a caring...

    Twice a Man
  • 1969
    Heads

    Heads

    Heads

    01969HD

    Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.

    Heads
  • 1997
    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    71997HD

    An 80-hour film being printed and shown in cycles every four years at a remote location in Greece.

    Eniaios
  • 1961
    Serenity

    Serenity

    Serenity

    6.81961HD

    Originally edited in two versions. Version I, 70 minutes; version II, 90 minutes. (The only known existing version is not Markopoulos’s edit...

    Serenity
  • 1969
    Sorrows

    Sorrows

    Sorrows

    7.91969HD

    Set to music by Beethoven, this lyrical portrait moves from a chilled and misty exterior to the crystalline interior of the Swiss chateau that King...

    Sorrows
  • 1940
    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    01940HD

    Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive,...

    A Christmas Carol
  • 1968
    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    01968HD

    "In my film I suggest that there is no greater mystery than that of the protagonists. War and Love are simply equated for what they are; the...

    The Mysteries
  • 1975
    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    01975HD

    A portrait of the British artists, two living sculptures, filmed in Paris on the occasion of their exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.

    Gilbert and George
  • 1967
    Himself as Herself

    Himself as Herself

    Himself as Herself

    31967HD

    The young hero seems the essence of maleness, yet he's troubled by vaguely feminine objects. Soon his masculine and feminine selves are intercut, as...

    Himself as Herself
  • 1953
    Eldora

    Eldora

    Eldora

    01953HD

    The dreamlike Eldora describes love’s fragmenting effects on the consciousness of an adolescent girl.

    Eldora
  • 1948
    Psyche

    Psyche

    Psyche

    01948HD

    Psyche 1947, made while a student at USC, shows Markopoulos’ developing style and his sensuous use of colour and composition. Shot in the...

    Psyche