The Sixties Quartet

EE.UU.| Documental / Experimental| 1990-1999|129 minutos

Título original: The Sixties Quartet

Dirección: Jonas Mekas

Intérpretes: Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground, Mick Jagger, Jonas Mekas, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, George Maciunas, Jackie Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr.

Idioma: Inglés Subtítulos: Inglés

Formato: DVD-R

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084638

Antología que reune cuatro obras realizadas por Jonas Mekas. La misma incluye:

SCENES FROM THE LIFE Of ANDY WARHOL: FRIENDSHIPS AND INTERSECTIONS, 1990, 35’

Jonas Mekas is know for his rapid-fire diary films. his Scenes from the Life chronicles not only andy warhol, but also the social and cultural excitement that swirled around him, throbbing to a hypnotic Velvet Underground beat.

ZEFIRO TORNA OR SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF GEORGE MACIUNAs, 1992, 35’

“Bits of Fluxus events and performances, and picnics with friends (almus, andy warhol, John Lennon, yoko ono, etc.), George’s wedding and footage I took of him in Boston hospital three days before he died.” -J.M.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN, 1995, 24’ WITH JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO

“On october 9th, 1972, half of the music world gathered in Syracuse, N.y., to celebrate the opening of John Lennon/yoko ono Fluxus show, designed by George Maciunas. Same day, a smaller group gathered in a local hotel room to celebrate John’s birthday.”
J.M.

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, 1999, 35’ wIth JACKIE, CAROLINE AND JOHN KENNEDY JR

I had the fortune to spend some time, mostly during the summers, with Jackie Kennedy’s and her sister Lee Radziwill’s families and children. Cinema was an integral, inseparable, as a matter of fact, a key part of our friendship. - J.M.