Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1967
    Bliss

    Bliss

    Bliss

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    The first film made by Markopoulos after moving to Europe, Bliss was shot over the course of two days using only available light to create a lyrical...

    Bliss
  • 1953
    Eldora

    Eldora

    Eldora

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    The dreamlike Eldora describes love’s fragmenting effects on the consciousness of an adolescent girl.

    Eldora
  • 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
  • 1967
    The Dead Ones

    The Dead Ones

    The Dead Ones

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    Markopoulos’ first attempt at making a 35mm feature film, clearly inspired by the cinema of Jean Cocteau, was left unfinished and the materials...

    The Dead Ones
  • 1970
    Alph

    Alph

    Alph

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    Edited but unprinted. Filmed in Paris. Original reversal film in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

    Alph
  • 1972
    From the Notebook of...

    From the Notebook of...

    From the Notebook of...

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    "From the Notebook of..." was shot in Florence and takes as its point of departure Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks and Paul Valéry's essay on da...

    From the Notebook of...
  • 1971
    35, boulevard General Koenig

    35, boulevard General Koenig

    35, boulevard General Koenig

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    Edited but unprinted. Filmed in Paris. Original reversal film in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

    35, boulevard General Koenig
  • 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
  • 1975
    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

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    A portrait of the British artists, two living sculptures, filmed in Paris on the occasion of their exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.

    Gilbert and George
  • 1949
    Lysis

    Lysis

    Lysis

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    Markopoulos called Lysis “a study in stream-of-consciousness poetry of a lost, wandering, homosexual soul” and felt that the film...

    Lysis
  • 2003
    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

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    Early Monthly Segments, filmed when Beavers was 18 and 19 years old, now forms the opening to his film cycle, "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged...

    Early Monthly Segments
  • 1967
    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

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    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
  • 1968
    (A)lter (A)ction

    (A)lter (A)ction

    (A)lter (A)ction

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    (A)lter (A)ction, 1968. Videotape, black-and-white, sound; 65 minutes (director's edit: 57 minute television version).

    (A)lter (A)ction
  • 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
  • 1969
    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    01969HD

    Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

    The Olympian
  • 1973
    Heracles

    Heracles

    Heracles

    01973HD

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

    Heracles
  • 1948
    Psyche

    Psyche

    Psyche

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    Psyche 1947, made while a student at USC, shows Markopoulos’ developing style and his sensuous use of colour and composition. Shot in the...

    Psyche
  • 1950
    Jackdaw

    Jackdaw

    Jackdaw

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    Jackdaw does not exist in this form; footage may have been incorporated into Flowers of Asphalt.

    Jackdaw
  • 1968
    Der Schachtel

    Der Schachtel

    Der Schachtel

    01968HD

    Die Schachtel (The Box), 1968. 35mm film transfer to videotape, black-and-white, sound; 29 minutes.

    Der Schachtel
  • 1967
    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

    01967HD

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

    Winged Dialogue