Jonas Mekas

“The new paternalists really think, it seems, that their utterances of the oldest racial cliches are, somehow, a demonstration of their liberation from the hanky-panky of liberalism and God knows what else”

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Debating "Art vs. Politics" at the Village Vanguard with LeRoi Jones, Larry Rivers, Archie Shepp, and Jonas Mekas

“I am for the Establishment of man’s spirit: man’s spirit is always in avant garde”

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“Neither good acting nor good photography can make a good movie”

According to an expert in witchcraft, magic, and sorcery, “Flaming Creatures” was an ‘excellent film.’ The cops didn’t think so.

In the February 9, 1961, issue of the Voice, Jonas Mekas mused on a major studio production and the ultimate Hollywood star

As the counterculture heated up in the 1960s, the Heat took notice

Remembering one of the Village Voice’s founders

He was the Voice’s first film critic and a revolutionary figure in independent cinema. Now 94, he's still making movies, publishing books, and has big plans for Anthology Film Archives.