Jonas Mekas (b. 1922) is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in the genres of diary and essay film, as well as an influential critic, film programmer, and organizer, who was instrumental in the emergence of a diverse avant-garde cinema scene in postwar America. Released in 1972, Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania was Mekas' second diary film, which narrates through highly personal footage and voiceover the Mekas brothers' visit to their native Lithuanian village of Semeniškiai in 1971 after a 27-year absence. Mekas’ trauma of being a “displaced person” shows up in many of his films and interviews, but nowhere is it more poignantly foregrounded than here in this film.
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
One of the finest, most touching, nostalgic and romantic films discovering the beauty of family, of cinema and of time passing. But also at the same time the fragility of all these factors. Mekas said: You don’t really see how Lithuania is today: you see it only through the memories of a Displaced Person back home for the first time in twenty-five years.
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English title: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Original title: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Year: 1972
Duration: 82
Country of Production: USA
Languages: English, Lithuanian Director: Jonas Mekas
Cinematographers: Jonas Mekas, Adolfas Mekas
Sound Designer: Jonas Mekas
Editor: Jonas Mekas
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