Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1967
    The Dead Ones

    The Dead Ones

    The Dead Ones

    81967HD

    Markopoulos’ first attempt at making a 35mm feature film, clearly inspired by the cinema of Jean Cocteau, was left unfinished and the materials...

    The Dead Ones
  • 1949
    Lysis

    Lysis

    Lysis

    6.21949HD

    Markopoulos called Lysis “a study in stream-of-consciousness poetry of a lost, wandering, homosexual soul” and felt that the film...

    Lysis
  • 1940
    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    101940HD

    Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

    A Christmas Carol
  • 1997
    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    71997HD

    An 80-hour film being printed and shown in cycles every four years at a remote location in Greece.

    Eniaios
  • 1967
    Himself as Herself

    Himself as Herself

    Himself as Herself

    3.61967HD

    The young hero seems the essence of maleness, yet he's troubled by vaguely feminine objects. Soon his masculine and feminine selves are intercut, as...

    Himself as Herself
  • 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)
  • 1975
    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    61975HD

    A portrait of the British artists, two living sculptures, filmed in Paris on the occasion of their exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.

    Gilbert and George
  • 1948
    Psyche

    Psyche

    Psyche

    7.21948HD

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

    Psyche
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1973
    Index – Hans Richter

    Index – Hans Richter

    Index – Hans Richter

    101973HD

    Dedicated to Nigel Gosling. Voice-over with Hans Richter reading a Dada text. Filmed in Locarno. Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna

    Index – Hans Richter
  • 1966
    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    01966HD

    Temenos Archive, Zurich

    Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’
  • 1967
    Bliss

    Bliss

    Bliss

    81967HD

    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...

    Bliss
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1949
    Charmides

    Charmides

    Charmides

    61949HD

    Based on Plato's dialogue Charmides.

    Charmides
  • 1967
    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

    Winged Dialogue

    01967HD

    Winged Dialogue details with growing clarity the desperate beauty and sexuality of the body animated by its soul, essence blindly reaching out,...

    Winged Dialogue
  • 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’
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    01967HD

    Portrait studies of Mrs. Hodges, Gail Beavers (the filmmaker’s sister) and Gregory J. Markopoulos.

    Spiracle