Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies
- 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...
- 1970
Moment
Moment01970HD
Filmed in London. Preserved in Oesterreichishces Filmmuseum, Vienna.
- 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.
- 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...
- 1969
Heads
Heads01969HD
Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.
- 1975
Gilbert and George
Gilbert and George01975HD
A portrait of the British artists, two living sculptures, filmed in Paris on the occasion of their exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.
- 1951
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...
- 1949
Charmides
Charmides01949HD
Based on Plato's dialogue Charmides.
- 1968
The Mysteries
The Mysteries01968HD
"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...
- 1966
Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’
Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’01966HD
Temenos Archive, Zurich
- 1968
(A)lter (A)ction
(A)lter (A)ction01968HD
(A)lter (A)ction, 1968. Videotape, black-and-white, sound; 65 minutes (director's edit: 57 minute television version).
- 1964
Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’
Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’01964HD
Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
- 1948
Psyche
Psyche01948HD
Psyche 1947, made while a student at USC, shows Markopoulos’ developing style and his sensuous use of colour and composition. Shot in the...
- 1965
The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)01965HD
Shot in thirty-two hours at the abandoned Baybridge Theater in Brooklyn, in cinemascope and Eastman color. The film was based on the one-act play of...
- 1940
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol01940HD
Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive,...
- 1967
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...
- 1950
Jackdaw
Jackdaw01950HD
Jackdaw does not exist in this form; footage may have been incorporated into Flowers of Asphalt.
- 1969
Political Portraits
Political Portraits01969HD
Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translation of Paul Valéry’s L’Homme...
- 1973
Hagiographia II
Hagiographia II01973HD
The entire film was rephotographed and edited into Eniaios Cycle V. Filmed in Mistra, Greece.
- 1972
The Painting
The Painting01972HD
The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece,...