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Even after the war ended, Mekas was prevented from returning to his native Lithuania by the Soviet occupation. Classed as a \"displaced person,\" he lived in DP camps in Wiesbaden and Kassel for years. It was only at the end of 1949 that Jonas and Aldolfas Mekas finally found their way to New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new edition of Mekas' acclaimed memoir, first published by Black Thistle Press in 1991, \u003ci\u003eI Had Nowhere to Go\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the artist's survival in the camps and his first years as a young Lithuanian immigrant in New York City. Mekas' memoir--the inspiration for a 2016 biopic by Douglas Gordon--tells the story of how an individual life can move through the larger 20th-century narratives of war and exile and tentatively put down new roots. In the words of Phillip Lopate, \"This is a lyrical, essential spiritual anthropology.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonas Mekas\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1922) lives and works in New York. Filmmaker, writer and poet, he is a cofounder of Anthology Film Archives, one of the world's largest and most important repositories of avant-garde film. An influential figure in New American Cinema and New York underground culture, he worked with Andy Warhol, George Maciunas, John Lennon and many others. 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Born in Lithuania, he came to Brooklyn via Germany in 1949 and began shooting his first experimental films there. Mekas developed a form of film diary in which he recorded his daily observations. He became the barometer of the New York art scene and a pioneer of American avant-garde cinema. Every week, starting in 1958 he published his legendary \u003ci\u003eMovie Journal\u003c\/i\u003e column in the Village Voice, writing on a range of subjects that were by no means restricted to the world of film. He conducted numerous interviews with artists, some of which will now appear for the first time in his Scrapbook of a Diarist. The book contains published and unpublished texts that reveal Mekas as a thoughtful diarist and an unparalleled chronicler of the day -- a phenomenon that has continued now for over fifty years.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50310143541521,"sku":"CIN395905033XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50894867890449,"sku":"GOR011054188","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50973890904337,"sku":"GOR014154790","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51064349098257,"sku":"NIN9783959050333","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/395905033X.jpg?v=1750807599"},{"product_id":"movie-journal-book-jonas-mekas-9780231175579","title":"Movie Journal","description":"In his Village Voice \"Movie Journal\" columns, Jonas Mekas captured the makings of an exciting movement in 1960s American filmmaking. Works by Andy Warhol, Gregory J. Markapoulos, Stan Brakhage, Jack Smith, Robert Breer, and others echoed experiments already underway elsewhere, yet they belonged to a nascent tradition that only a true visionary could identify. Mekas incorporated the most essential characteristics of these films into a unique conception of American filmmaking's next phase. He simplified complex aesthetic strategies for unfamiliar audiences and appreciated the subversive genius of films that many dismissed as trash. This new edition presents Mekas's original critiques in full, with additional material on the filmmakers, film studies scholars, and popular and avant-garde critics whom he inspired and transformed.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50486818373905,"sku":"GOR009018730","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50860286574865,"sku":"CIN0231175574VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0231175574.jpg?v=1750694618"},{"product_id":"collection-agnes-b-book-agns-b-9783037644379","title":"Collection agnes b.","description":"Collection agnès b. offers a unique view into the creative universe and artistic circle of French fashion designer agnès b., surveying the highlights of the art collection she has amassed over the decades. Her collection revolved initially around modern photography, including major ensembles by Brassaï, Diane Arbus, Helen Levitt and Weegee, as well as classic pieces by Eugène Atget and Walker Evans. But the collection soon developed to encompass contemporary art and photography, adding works by William Eggleston, Andy Warhol, Larry Clark, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nan Goldin, Seydou Keïta, Richard Billingham, Martin Parr, Cameron Jamie, Mona Hatoum, Jim Shaw, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré and Malick Sidibé. Major works from the collection are spotlighted in this volume, alongside contributions from Kenneth Anger, Jonas Mekas, Jonone, Futura, Édouard Glissant, Harmony Korine and Hans Ulrich Obrist.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50888067055889,"sku":"NGR9783037644379","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51063605920017,"sku":"NIN9783037644379","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/3037644370.jpg?v=1750869729"},{"product_id":"dance-with-fred-astaire-book-jonas-mekas-9781944860097","title":"A Dance with Fred Astaire","description":"A Dance with Fred Astaire is an extraordinary collection of anecdotes and rare ephemera featuring a dizzying cast of cultural icons both underground and mainstream, both obscure and celebrated. 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