Adolfas Mekas
Adolfas Mekas (30 September 1925 – 31 May 2011) was a Lithuanian-born film director, and brother of Jonas Mekas. He is principally known for his work in the United States. Prior to World War II, Adolfas and Jonas Mekas had set up a theatre. Later, in a camp for displaced persons, they studied with a teacher of the Stanislavsky System. The brothers emigrated to the United States in 1949. They studied with Hans Richter before establishing Film Culture magazine in 1955. Mekas directed a number of films including Hallelujah the Hills and Going Home, both of which are considered landmarks of the New American Cinema movement. In 1971 he joined the newly formed film department at Bard College, which was soon dubbed the "Peoples' Film Department" under his chairmanship. He continued to teach at Bard until retiring in May 2004. He died on 31 May 2011.
Writer
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Hallelujah the Hills
Adolfas Mekas, born in Lithuania, arrived in the United States with his brother Jonas in 1949. They founded "Film Culture," the magazine of independent cinema, in 1954. Adolfas Mekas's HALLELUJAH THE HILLS bears witness to his knowledge and love of cinema, as well as the...Watch Movie
Director
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Hallelujah the Hills
Adolfas Mekas, born in Lithuania, arrived in the United States with his brother Jonas in 1949. They founded "Film Culture," the magazine of independent cinema, in 1954. Adolfas Mekas's HALLELUJAH THE HILLS bears witness to his knowledge and love of cinema, as well as the...Watch Movie
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Hallelujah the Hills
Adolfas Mekas, born in Lithuania, arrived in the United States with his brother Jonas in 1949. They founded "Film Culture," the magazine of independent cinema, in 1954. Adolfas Mekas's HALLELUJAH THE HILLS bears witness to his knowledge and love of cinema, as well as the...Watch Movie
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The Brig
"I went to see 'The Brig', the play, the night it closed. The Becks were told to shut down and get out. The performance, by this time, was so precisely acted that it moved with the inevitability of life itself. As I watched it I thought: Suppose this was a real brig; suppose I was a newsreel...Watch Movie
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