Originally, Mekas thought of his grand project as one long film, Diaries, Notes, and Sketches, in which each part would be a chapter. Walden was the first part to be edited together, while Lost Lost Lost, filmed during the fifteen years that preceded it, wouldn’t be completed for another seven years. But because the film labs kept confusing all these different films that had the same name, Jonas abandoned the idea and gave each film their own respective title.

We chose to start volume 1 with Walden (shot from 1964 to 1968 and edited in 1969) followed by Lost Lost Lost (filmed from 1949 to 1963 and edited in 1976). We then associated Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (shot and edited in 1971) with Paradise Not Yet Lost (shot in 1977 and edited in 1979). Volume 4 is a series of short and medium-length films shot “in between” the others, from 1963 to 1967, and edited through 1978. Volume 5 consists of a quartet of portraits of art friends (Andy Warhol, George Maciunas, Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Peter Beard, and the family of John F. Kennedy), all shot in the 1960s and 1970s and edited in the 1990s. Volume 6 brings together short films and videos from his later period, from 1991 to 2015, his more personal reflections on his life, on art, and on his city of New York. Volumes 7 and 8 are devoted to his longest film (shot from 1974 to 1999 and edited in 2000), As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, an epic poem about his family life during the past quarter century.

The video elements included on these discs are taken from the latest high-quality transfers of the most pristine film prints available. Many of these films are previously unpublished in video format. Included are special gifts to complement the films and to enhance your home viewing pleasure.

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BOXSET CONTENTS :
EVERY FRAME EVERY SECOND IS REAL: AN ORIGINAL STRIP OF A JONAS MEKAS FILM PRINT
24 POSTCARDS
BOOK OF TEXTS BY JONAS MEKAS ABOUT THE FILMS
8 Blu-Ray = 27 FILMS