Marie Menken Movies

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

"A study in light based on persistence of vision and enhancement from eye fatigue." -- M.M.

Inspired by Bibbe Hansen's experiences in a juvenile detention center.

A film poem, a re-telling of the Greek myth in modern terms. In the traditional pool the water has become muddy and Narcissus finds that mirrors are...

Experimental film showing film clips of a garden, with birds chirping for the soundtrack.

"Spattered paint responding to gravity, forming its own patterns and combinations of color." -- M.M.

Various forms of everyday motion in and around a city are shown at rapid speed.

"By 1967, Menken had become interested in the work of Fluxus artist Robert Watts and made a short animation piece, Watts with EGGS, in which she...

A film by Marie Menken.

A young male protagonist dreams of a muscleman hero, a black dancer, and a princess who gives him a magic urn. When he wakes he rejects his mother...

Filmed at the Alhambra in Spain in just one day, according to Marie Menken. Arabesque for Kenneth Anger concentrates on visual details found in...

Film shot by filmmaker Marie Menken in the mid-1960s. Preserved by the Anthology Film Archive (AFA).

Marie Menken film

Photography: Willard Maas and John Hawkins. "Looking down instead of around, while walking, finding the magic patterns in the pavements of a...