Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

General Information

Author/Creator
Mekas, Jonas, director
Language
English.
Subtitles
English
Published
USA : Re:Voir, 1971.
Physical Description
Digital film (82 mins.)
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_10000753

Contents/Summary

Summary
Jonas Mekas developed a unique visual language of film diary using a hand-held, super8 mm camera and jump cut editing, which he used to capture personalities, loves, and lives on film. His mobile lens lends his films a great intimacy and daring. Reminiscences is an elegiac diary film documenting the return to his birthplace of Semeniškiai, Lithuania, for the first time in 1971 after twenty-seven years of life in exile. A film diary is divided into three episodes. The first part reflects Jonas Mekas of his time as emigrant in New York, after leaving the home country of Lithuania. The second part depicts his trip back, while the last is filmed during a stay in Vienna shortly afterwards. Together, it becomes a lyrical odyssey on love, loss, and memory.

Subjects

Genre
Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note
Verzio Film Festival Submission
Library Special Collection
Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Call Number Status Shelving Location Public Note
Digital filmOSA Film LibraryHU_OSA_10000753.mp4AvailableAccess Copy, MP4 format