Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

"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...

Woman sitting in a chair.

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...

An 80-hour film being printed and shown in cycles every four years at a remote location in Greece.

Filmed in London. Preserved in Oesterreichishces Filmmuseum, Vienna.

Edited but unprinted. Filmed in the apartment of Alban Berg, Vienna

Based upon the theme of Faust, with the characters portrayed serving as representatives of the crises of their time. A triple portrait of three...

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

Edited but not printed. Filmed in Zurich. Original reversal film deposted in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

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

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

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

Dedicated to Nigel Gosling. Voice-over with Hans Richter reading a Dada text. Filmed in Locarno. Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna

The dreamlike Eldora describes love’s fragmenting effects on the consciousness of an adolescent girl.

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

Suggested music to be played during film : “Concerto Grosso” by Ludwig van Beethoven. With John Markopoulos, Maria Markopoulos, Andrew...

The entire film was rephotographed and edited into Eniaios Cycle V. Filmed in Mistra, Greece.

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

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