Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1964
    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    61964HD

    In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It...

    Dionysus
  • 2002
    The Hedge Theater

    The Hedge Theater

    The Hedge Theater

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    Beavers shot The Hedge Theatre in Rome in the 1980s. It is an intimate film inspired by the Baroque architecture and stone carvings of Francesco...

    The Hedge Theater
  • 1967
    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

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    "Winged Dialogue details with growing clarity the desperate beauty and sexuality of the body animated by its soul, essence blindly reaching out,...

    Winged Dialogue
  • 1968
    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

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    "In my film I suggest that there is no greater mystery than that of the protagonists. War and Love are simply equated for what they are; the...

    The Mysteries
  • 1968
    Gammelion

    Gammelion

    Gammelion

    6.51968HD

    Gammelion 1968, filmed at Il Castello Roccasinibalda in Rieti, Italy, is a major work in Markopoulos’s oeuvre, marking the transition into his...

    Gammelion
  • 1949
    Christmas U.S.A.

    Christmas U.S.A.

    Christmas U.S.A.

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    Things spin: amusement park rides, a phonograph record. A man wakes, shaves, and takes a phone call. Another man, in a kimono, walks in the woods,...

    Christmas U.S.A.
  • 1940
    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

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    Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive,...

    A Christmas Carol
  • 1966
    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    5.51966HD

    This portrait of the filmmaker's apartment, painted in the color of the title, was made a few months before his departure from New York. It...

    Ming Green
  • 1976
    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    01976HD

    Prosopographia, 1976. 16mm film, color, sound; 5 minutes (unfinished).

    Prosopographia
  • 1949
    Charmides

    Charmides

    Charmides

    5.51949HD

    Based on Plato's dialogue Charmides.

    Charmides
  • 1972
    The Painting

    The Painting

    The Painting

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    The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece,...

    The Painting
  • 1967
    Himself as Herself

    Himself as Herself

    Himself as Herself

    2.71967HD

    The young hero seems the essence of maleness, yet he's troubled by vaguely feminine objects. Soon his masculine and feminine selves are intercut, as...

    Himself as Herself
  • 2000
    Sotiros

    Sotiros

    Sotiros

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    Beavers distilled the 26-minute Sotiros in 1996 from an original 50-minute trilogy. Filmed in Athens and Peloponnesus in Greece as well as in...

    Sotiros
  • 1973
    Heracles

    Heracles

    Heracles

    01973HD

    Edited but unprinted. Filmed in the apartment of Alban Berg, Vienna

    Heracles
  • 1972
    The Divine Damnation

    The Divine Damnation

    The Divine Damnation

    01972HD

    The Damnation of Damien, edited in 1968, printed in 1972. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives, New York.

    The Divine Damnation
  • 1947
    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    5.61947HD

    A young man desperately seeks out the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through the...

    Fragment of Seeking
  • 1951
    Flowers of Asphalt

    Flowers of Asphalt

    Flowers of Asphalt

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    Suggested music to be played during film : “Concerto Grosso” by Ludwig van Beethoven. With John Markopoulos, Maria Markopoulos, Andrew...

    Flowers of Asphalt
  • 1971
    Doldertal 7

    Doldertal 7

    Doldertal 7

    01971HD

    Edited but not printed. Filmed in Zurich. Original reversal film deposted in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

    Doldertal 7
  • 1973
    Index – Hans Richter

    Index – Hans Richter

    Index – Hans Richter

    01973HD

    Dedicated to Nigel Gosling. Voice-over with Hans Richter reading a Dada text. Filmed in Locarno. Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna

    Index – Hans Richter
  • 1967
    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    61967HD

    The life of painter, dancer and poet Mark Turbyfill, seen in his 70th year, is evoked through Markopoulos’ unique form of cinematic portraiture.

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill