Adolfas Mekas

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Adolfas Mekas (born 1925 in Lithuania) is a Lithuanian film director.

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[edit] Life

Prior to the Second World War, Mekas and his brother Jonas Mekas had set up a theatre. Later, in a camp for displaced persons, they studied with a teacher of the Stanislavsky System. [1]

The brothers emigrating to the United States in 1949 and studied with Hans Richter before establishing Film Culture magazine in 1955. [2]

Adolfas Mekas directed a number of films including Hallelujah The Hills and Going Home, both of which are considered landmarks of the New American Cinema movement. [3] [4]

In 1971 Adolfas Mekas joined the newly formed film department at Bard College, which was soon dubbed the "Peoples' Film Department" under his Chairmanship. He continued to teach at Bard until retiring in May of 2004.

[edit] Selected filmography

  • Hallelujah the Hills (1963)
  • The Brig (1964) (w/Jonas Mekas)
  • Skyscraper (1965)
  • The Double-Barreled Detective Story (1965)
  • Windflowers (1968)
  • Campeneras and Campaneros (1970)
  • Going Home (1971)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sitney, P. Adams (1979). Visionary Film. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195024869. , p345
  2. ^ Sitney, P. Adams (1979). Visionary Film. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195024869. , p341
  3. ^ Village Voice retrospective review of Hallelujah the Hills by Ed Halter
  4. ^ American Independent Cinema of the 60's from Bright Lights Film Journal

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