Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1961
    Serenity

    Serenity

    Serenity

    6.81961HD

    Originally edited in two versions. Version I, 70 minutes; version II, 90 minutes. (The only known existing version is not Markopoulos’s edit...

    Serenity
  • 1964
    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    71964HD

    In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It...

    Dionysus
  • 2010
    Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J. Markopoulos

    Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J. Markopoulos

    Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J. Markopoulos

    02010HD

    Short film shot in Rapallo, 1987.

    Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J. Markopoulos
  • 1964
    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    01964HD

    Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’
  • 1972
    The Painting

    The Painting

    The Painting

    71972HD

    The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece,...

    The Painting
  • 1970
    Moment

    Moment

    Moment

    01970HD

    Filmed in London. Preserved in Oesterreichishces Filmmuseum, Vienna.

    Moment
  • 1976
    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    Prosopographia

    51976HD

    Prosopographia, 1976. 16mm film, color, sound; 5 minutes (unfinished).

    Prosopographia
  • 1973
    Hagiographia II

    Hagiographia II

    Hagiographia II

    01973HD

    The entire film was rephotographed and edited into Eniaios Cycle V. Filmed in Mistra, Greece.

    Hagiographia II
  • 1948
    Psyche

    Psyche

    Psyche

    7.21948HD

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

    Psyche
  • 1969
    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    61969HD

    Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

    The Olympian
  • 1965
    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    81965HD

    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...

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
  • 1967
    Twice A Man Twice

    Twice A Man Twice

    Twice A Man Twice

    01967HD

    A performative variation on "Twice a Man” side by side, one running forward, the other backward. The sound is maintained only on the projector...

    Twice A Man Twice
  • 1969
    Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

    01969HD

    Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translation of Paul Valéry’s L’Homme...

    Political Portraits
  • 1947
    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    5.71947HD

    A young man desperately seeks the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers far more through surreal...

    Fragment of Seeking
  • 1971
    35, boulevard General Koenig

    35, boulevard General Koenig

    35, boulevard General Koenig

    91971HD

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

    35, boulevard General Koenig
  • 1967
    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    41967HD

    Structured in nine tableaux each a study of a simple action or situation involving a lone, naked figure, the blind Eros, searching for fulfilment,...

    Eros, O Basileus
  • 1966
    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    5.61966HD

    This portrait of the filmmaker's apartment, painted in the color of the title, was made a few months before his departure from New York. It...

    Ming Green
  • 2002
    The Hedge Theater

    The Hedge Theater

    The Hedge Theater

    6.52002HD

    Some years after filming AMOR, I returned to Italy and found the source for a new film in the architecture of Borromini and in a grove of trees with...

    The Hedge Theater
  • 1973
    Heracles

    Heracles

    Heracles

    01973HD

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

    Heracles
  • 1969
    Sorrows

    Sorrows

    Sorrows

    7.91969HD

    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...

    Sorrows