Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies
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Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death
Of Blood, of Pleasure and of DeathMOVIE
The trilogy 'Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death' (1947-1948),which began with Psyche (1947),the first film, produced by Gregory Markopoulos in 16mm,...
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The Hedge Theater
The Hedge TheaterMOVIE
Beavers shot The Hedge Theatre in Rome in the 1980s. It is an intimate film inspired by the Baroque architecture and stone carvings of Francesco Borro...
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Early Monthly Segments
Early Monthly SegmentsMOVIE
Early Monthly Segments, filmed when Beavers was 18 and 19 years old, now forms the opening to his film cycle, "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Dist...
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The Painting
The PaintingMOVIE
The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece,...
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Winged Dialogue
Winged DialogueMOVIE
"Winged Dialogue details with growing clarity the desperate beauty and sexuality of the body animated by its soul, essence blindly reaching out, touch...
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Heads
HeadsMOVIE
Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.
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The Illiac Passion
The Illiac PassionMOVIE
Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds to...
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Swain
SwainMOVIE
Swain is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fanshawe, features a dreamlike narrative of a young man’s ritualized rejection of heterosexuality, as a mys...
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The Dead Ones
The Dead OnesMOVIE
Markopoulos’ first attempt at making a 35mm feature film, clearly inspired by the cinema of Jean Cocteau, was left unfinished and the materials were l...
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas CarolMOVIE
Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive, Zuric...
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Birth of a Nation
Birth of a NationMOVIE
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
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Dionysus
DionysusMOVIE
In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It starred the dancers...
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From the Notebook of...
From the Notebook of...MOVIE
"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 Vinci's...
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Political Portraits
Political PortraitsMOVIE
Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translation of Paul Valéry’s L’Homme et la nuit (Man and t...
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The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)MOVIE
Shot in thirty-two hours at the abandoned Baybridge Theater in Brooklyn, in cinemascope and Eastman color. The film was based on the one-act play of t...
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Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
Award Presentation to Andy WarholMOVIE
In 1964 Film Culture magazine chose Andy Warhol for its annual Independent Film award. The plan was to show some of Andy's films and have Andy come on...
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and SketchesMOVIE
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
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Spiracle
SpiracleMOVIE
Portrait studies of Mrs. Hodges, Gail Beavers (the filmmaker’s sister) and Gregory J. Markopoulos.