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“The real history of cinema is invisible history: history of friends getting together, doing the thing they love. For us, the cinema is beginning with every new buzz of the projector, with every new buzz of our cameras. With every new buzz of our cameras, our hearts jump forward my friends.“

– Jonas Mekas, “Anti-100 Years of Cinema Manifesto” (1996)

RIP, Jonas Mekas (1922-2019)

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John Lennon, Portrait of Jonas Mekas, 1971, Polaroid,

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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

dir. Jonas Mekas

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When [The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie] had been nominated for an Oscar, four Mexican reporters tracked us down at El Paular, where we were already at work on another project. During lunch, they asked if I thought I was going to win that Oscar.

“Of course,” I replied between bites. “I’ve already paid the twenty-five thousand dollars they wanted. Americans may have their weaknesses, but they do keep their promises.”

A few days later, headlines in Mexico City announced that I’d bought the Oscar. Los Angeles was scandalized; telexes poured in; Silberman flew over in a rage from Paris. I assured him it was all a joke, but it took quite a while for the dust to settle. Ironically, the film did win an Oscar three weeks later.

— Luis Buñuel (above, in disguise, with the Oscar.)

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