Best known as a poet in his native Lithuania, Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) became a titan of US underground cinema after moving to New York in 1949. This week, Juliet talks to filmmaker/artist Chiara Ambrosio and curator/critic Herb Shellenberger about Mekas' life, work and legacy.SELECTED REFERENCESFilms by Jonas MekasFilm Magazine of the Arts (1963) - http://film-makerscoop.com/catalogue/jonas-mekas-film-magazine-of-the-artsWalden: Diaries, Notes and Sketches (1969) - https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/diaries-notes-and-sketches-also-known-as-waldenReminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069172Lost Lost Lost (1976) - https://vimeo.com/217911753Self-Portrait (1980)The Education of Sebastian or Egypt Regained (1992) - https://vimeo.com/40317134Zefiro Torna (1992) - http://retentionalfinitude.blogspot.com/2010/05/jonas-mekas-zefiro-torna-1992.htmlAs I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) - https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/as-i-was-moving-ahead-occasionally-i-saw-brief-glimpses-of-beauty-1200467427 A Letter from Greenpoint (2005)- https://vimeo.com/229569417Paris Hilton (2007) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3i8VBich1kTexts by Jonas MekasAnti-100 Years of Cinema - http://www.incite-online.net/jonasmekas.htmlConversations with Filmmakers (2018) - https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/conversations-with-filmmakers-bremer-and-storz-publication-171018I Had Nowhere to Go (1991) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9GWqYqPbewI Seem to Live (2019) - http://jonasmekasfilms.com/books/index.php?book=I_seem_to_liveScrapbook of the Sixties (2010)2002 (dir. C. Spencer Yeh, 2015) - https://issueprojectroom.org/event/c-spencer-yeh-videoRobert AldrichKenneth Anger - https://www.kennethanger.org/Anthology Film Archives - http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/Stan Brakhage - http://www.ubu.com/papers/tyler_parker-stan_brakhage.htmlBread and Puppet Theater - http://breadandpuppet.org/about-bread-and-puppet/other-links/peter-schumannJames BroughtonUn Chant d'amour (dir. Jean Genet, 1950) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RN_IDtPcNEShirley Clarke - http://www.projectshirley.comTony Conrad - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_ConradMaya Deren - https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/maya-deren-meshes-of-the-afternoonFilm Culture (journal) - http://www.ubu.com/papers/film_culture.htmlFilm Culture 80: The Legend of Barbara Rubin - http://www.artbook.com/9783959052023.htmlFlaming Creatures (dir. Jack Smith, 1963) - http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/cteq/flaming/For Life, Against the War (dir. various, 1967) - http://flahertyseminar.org/life-against-warAllen GinsbergBeverly Grant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Grant_(actress)Ken Jacobs - https://vimeo.com/kenjacobsPeter Kubelka - https://offscreen.com/view/interview_kubelkaJim Kweskin & The Jug Band - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1013031-Jim-Kweskin-The-Jug-BandJacques-Henri Lartigue - https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/print-sales/our-artists/jacques-henri-lartigueGeorge Maciunas - http://georgemaciunas.com/aboutGregory Markopoulos - https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_programmes/2018/gregory-markopoulosMarie Menken - https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-220-marie-menkenHermann Nitsch - http://www.nitsch.org/index-en.htmlPull My Daisy (dir. Robert Frank & Alfred Leslie, 1959) - https://vimeo.com/92403607Nicholas RayRon Rice - https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/08/23/the-shooting-star-cinema-of-ron-rice/Shadows (dir. John Cassavetes, 1959) - http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/cassoncass/shadows.shtmlShoah (dir. Claude Lanzmann, 1985)P. Adams SitneySusan SontagStranger Than Paradise (dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1984)Thanatopsis (dir. Em Emshwiller, 1962) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcVAPnFf20YHENRY DAVID THOREAU, Walden 1854)Amos Vogel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_VogelAndy WarholWalt Whitman