Movie Description
A Letter from Greenpoint
(2004)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jonas Mekas
- Writer : Jonas Mekas
- Cast : Jonas Mekas,Benn Northover
Cast
Mekas
Benn
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Facts
Original TitleA Letter from Greenpoint
Status Released
Release Information
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2004-04-22
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 20m
Production CompaniesAnthology Film Archives,Love Streams Productions
Genres
- Documentary
- Drama





















