Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1972
    The Divine Damnation

    The Divine Damnation

    The Divine Damnation

    81972HD

    The Damnation of Damien, edited in 1968, printed in 1972. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives, New York.

    The Divine Damnation
  • 1970
    Hagiographia

    Hagiographia

    Hagiographia

    91970HD

    Filmed in Mistra, Greece. Preserved in Anthology Film Archives, New York.

    Hagiographia
  • 1964
    Dionysus

    Dionysus

    Dionysus

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

    Dionysus
  • 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
  • 1970
    Alph

    Alph

    Alph

    01970HD

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

    Alph
  • 1969
    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    61969HD

    Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

    The Olympian
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    01967HD

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

    Spiracle
  • 1968
    Gammelion

    Gammelion

    Gammelion

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    Gammelion 1968, filmed at Il Castello Roccasinibalda in Rieti, Italy, is a major work in Markopoulos’s oeuvre, marking the transition into his...

    Gammelion
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1968
    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    91968HD

    "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
    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
  • 1967
    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    41967HD

    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
  • 2003
    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

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    Early Monthly Segments, filmed when Beavers was 18 and 19 years old, now forms the opening to his film cycle, “My Hand Outstretched to the...

    Early Monthly Segments
  • 1971
    Saint Acteon

    Saint Acteon

    Saint Acteon

    01971HD

    Filmed in the gardens of the villa La Pietra, Fiesole, Italy. Preserved in Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna.Original reversal film in Temenos...

    Saint Acteon
  • 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
  • 1968
    Der Schachtel

    Der Schachtel

    Der Schachtel

    01968HD

    Die Schachtel (The Box), 1968. 35mm film transfer to videotape, black-and-white, sound; 29 minutes.

    Der Schachtel
  • 1950
    Jackdaw

    Jackdaw

    Jackdaw

    41950HD

    Jackdaw does not exist in this form; footage may have been incorporated into Flowers of Asphalt.

    Jackdaw