Jonas Mekas, an old friend

Spanish

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Images from the films by director Jonas Mekas, with commentary on his work as a filmmaker. Statements by Mekas on his first steps in using film as a form of communication in the face of his lack of knowledge of English, on cinema as a language and its dialects, on independent cinema as a minority cinema to which he belongs. Sequences from his films that he uses as diaries of everyday life. Accelerated sequences from Fedarico Fellini’s 'And the Ship Sails On' interspersed with sequences by Mekas, Walter Hill’s 'Streets of Fire' and Hitchcock’s 'The Birds'. Statements by Mekas on the independence of Hitchcock. Sequences from Adolfo Arrieta’s 'The Criminal Toy'.

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Video Duration :

23:33

Video Language :

Spanish

Year :

1987

Providing institution :

RTVE

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None

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