Jonas Mekas by Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker - 9781496829221

Jonas MekasInterviews\nAuthor(s): Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496829221, 978-1496829221\nSynopsis\nA refugee from post-World War II Europe who emigrated to the US in 1949, Jonas Mekas [tel] became one of America's foremost champions of independent cinema and one of its most innovative filmmakers. An admired poet in his native Lithuania, Mekas began recording his life on film shortly after his arrival in New York. Through his work as the author of the Village Voice's \""Movie Journal\"" column, editor of Film Culture magazine, and founder of Anthology Film Archives and the Film-Makers' Cooperative, Mekas played a vital role in the promotion of avant-garde and independent films. His early films, Guns of the Trees and The Brig, challenged the structure of traditional narrative filmmaking. He is best known for his \""diary films,\"" including Walden (Diaries, .