Jonas in the Jungle is a 2013 documentary film by Peter Sempel about the filmmaker Jonas Mekas.[1] It is part of a long term series of films about Mekas (Jonas in the Desert (1991), Jonas at the Ocean (2004)). The earlier films were focused more on Mekas' work, while this film is more about the life of the 'legend of film avant-garde' as he enters his 90s, still working, and still maintaining relevance in the modern world.

Jonas in the Jungle
Directed byPeter Sempel
StarringJonas Mekas, Sebastian Mekas, H.U.Obrist M.Scorsese Patti Smith David Carradine G.Zevola Kaspar Koenig Julius Ziz
CinematographyPeter Sempel
Edited byPeter Sempel
Music byAugust Varkalis, Matthias Schuster, Abwaerts, DieSchmutzigeSchoenheitDerNatur, DirtBikes, Asmus Tietchens, TinyTim.
Release date
  • 3 October 2013 (2013-10-03)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesEnglish, Italian, Lithuanian, German subtitles

The film also explores the Anthology Film Archives, of which Mekas' was one of the cofounders.[2]

The film premiered Oct 3, 2013, in Hamburg, Germany.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Filmfest Hamburg | Jonas in the Jungle". www.filmfesthamburg.de. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
  2. ^ "Anthology Film Archives : About - Overview".
  3. ^ "Peter Sempel".

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