Film · 2004 · 1h 20m

A Letter from Greenpoint

Create a free account Add it to your list, track every episode, rate it.

Synopsis

In February 2004, after 30 years of my life in SoHo, I made a decision to leave SoHo and move to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This video is about what it feels like to leave a place in which one has spent more time than any other place, and which was also the place of my family life. I am somewhere else now. It’s about beginning of growing roots in a new place, new home, with new friends, new thoughts, experiences. This video is also about video. When in 1949 I began filming with my Bolex, it took me fifteen years to really master it so that my Bolex would do for me what I wanted. When in 1987 I got my first Sony camera I thought it would be different. But no. Only today, after working with the video camera for fifteen years, I feel like it had become an extension of my eye, my body, "A Letter from Greenpoint" being my first real video work.

Details

Director
Jonas Mekas
Release
April 22, 2004
Status
Released
Country
United States of America
Network
Anthology Film Archives
Runtime
1h 20m

View on IMDb

Where to watch

No known streaming options in United States.

Cast

People who liked this also looked at