Hollis Melton

Hollis Melton

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Fragments of Paradise
Title: Fragments of Paradise
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 2022
Type: Movie
For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films. From his arrival in New York City as a displaced person in 1949 to his death in 2019, he chronicled the trauma and loss of exile while pioneering institutions to support the growth of independent film in the United States. Fragments of Paradise is an intimate look at his life and work constructed from thousands of hours of his own video and film diaries-including never-before-seen tapes and unpublished audio recordings. It is a story about finding beauty amidst profound loss, and a man who tried to make sense of it all... with a camera.
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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Title: As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Character: Self
Released: November 5, 2000
Type: Movie
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Title: He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 1986
Type: Movie
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Title: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Character: Self
Released: August 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas' trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.
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Journey to Lithuania
Title: Journey to Lithuania
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
During the trip back to Lithuania, Jonas Mekas made Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Adolfas Mekas made Going Home, while Pola Chapelle, Adolfas’ wife, made this Journey to Lithuania, which both Jonas and Adolfas said was the best of these three films.