An adventurer can always return home; an exile cannot. So I decided that my home would be culture.
Jonas MekasMy films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it when it happens.
Jonas MekasMost of my videos consist of fragments, one or two minutes long. They are haikus or sketches. I have thousands.
Jonas MekasI'm a filmmaker, but my working procedures are different. All my basic structuring is done during the filming. You know, how long I keep the shot, the exposure or the speed - slower or faster, etc. That's structuring. And then there is a second stage of structuring that comes later when I begin to put those pieces together.
Jonas Mekas