Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1964
    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    61964HD

    In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It...

    Dionysus
  • 1965
    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    01965HD

    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)
  • 1950
    Swain

    Swain

    Swain

    01950HD

    Swain is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fanshawe, features a dreamlike narrative of a young man’s ritualized rejection of...

    Swain
  • 1969
    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    01969HD

    Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

    The Olympian
  • 1968
    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    01968HD

    "In my film I suggest that there is no greater mystery than that of the protagonists. War and Love are simply equated for what they are; the...

    The Mysteries
  • 1971
    Cimabue! Cimabue!

    Cimabue! Cimabue!

    Cimabue! Cimabue!

    01971HD

    Edited but unprinted. With Annigoni, Umberto Baldini, Bertolini, Carlo Bettochi, Silvio Loffredo. Filmed in Florence. Orginal reversal film in...

    Cimabue! Cimabue!
  • 1949
    Charmides

    Charmides

    Charmides

    01949HD

    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
  • 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’
  • 1949
    Christmas U.S.A.

    Christmas U.S.A.

    Christmas U.S.A.

    5.91949HD

    Things spin: amusement park rides, a phonograph record. A man wakes, shaves, and takes a phone call. Another man, in a kimono, walks in the woods,...

    Christmas U.S.A.
  • 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
  • 1970
    Genius

    Genius

    Genius

    01970HD

    Based upon the theme of Faust. Filmed in Paris and London.

    Genius
  • 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
  • 1967
    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    11967HD

    Structured in nine tableaux each a study of a simple action or situation involving a lone, naked figure, the blind Eros, searching for fulfilment,...

    Eros, O Basileus
  • 1967
    Bliss

    Bliss

    Bliss

    91967HD

    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
    Hulda Zumsteg

    Hulda Zumsteg

    Hulda Zumsteg

    01969HD

    Woman sitting in a chair.

    Hulda Zumsteg
  • 1967
    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill

    01967HD

    The life of painter, dancer and poet Mark Turbyfill, seen in his 70th year, is evoked through Markopoulos’ unique form of cinematic portraiture.

    Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill
  • 1948
    Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death

    Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death

    Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death

    01948HD

    The trilogy 'Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death' (1947-1948), which began with Psyche (1947), the first film, produced by Gregory Markopoulos in...

    Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    01967HD

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

    Spiracle
  • 1971
    35, boulevard General Koenig

    35, boulevard General Koenig

    35, boulevard General Koenig

    01971HD

    Edited but unprinted. Filmed in Paris. Original reversal film in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

    35, boulevard General Koenig