Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies
- 1966
Galaxie
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In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....
- 1964
Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’
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Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
- 1970
Genius
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Based upon the theme of Faust. Filmed in Paris and London.
- 1949
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,...
- 1969
The Olympian
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Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.
- 2003
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...
- 1969
Sorrows
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Set to music by Beethoven, this lyrical portrait moves from a chilled and misty exterior to the crystalline interior of the Swiss chateau that King...
- 1967
Eros, O Basileus
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Structured in nine tableaux each a study of a simple action or situation involving a lone, naked figure, the blind Eros, searching for fulfilment,...
- 1968
(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).
- 1949
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...
- 1967
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.
- 1965
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
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In 1964 Film Culture magazine chose Andy Warhol for its annual Independent Film award. The plan was to show some of Andy's films and have Andy come...
- 1968
Gammelion
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Gammelion 1968, filmed at Il Castello Roccasinibalda in Rieti, Italy, is a major work in Markopoulos’s oeuvre, marking the transition into his...
- 1973
Hagiographia II
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The entire film was rephotographed and edited into Eniaios Cycle V. Filmed in Mistra, Greece.
- 1948
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...
- 1967
Himself as Herself
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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...
- 1968
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...
- 1971
Saint Acteon
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Filmed in the gardens of the villa La Pietra, Fiesole, Italy. Preserved in Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna.Original reversal film in Temenos...
- 1972
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,...
- 1997
Eniaios
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An 80-hour film being printed and shown in cycles every four years at a remote location in Greece.