For some time I had been thinking about doing something with my Paris footage, of which I have many many hours. So [curator Danièle Hibon’s] suggestion [to make a new work celebrating 20 years of cinema at the Jeu de Paume museum] came just in time. I spent some three months going through my Paris footage and I managed to reduce it to the length you will be seeing, two hours and 39 minutes. It was very very hard to do so. I have so many friends in Paris, so many memories – and it’s all on video. So this is my love letter to Paris. To its streets, to the river Seine, to its cafes, bistros, bars, to the jambon de Paris, and, especially, to all of you, my Paris friends!
Jonas Mekas
Director
A Plastic Ocean75%
The Class of ‘9271%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
McQueen74%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
My Mom Jayne80%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Directed by John Ford70%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Thriller 4086%
180° South72%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Public Speaking70%
Adele One Night Only78%
Bad 2572%
Above Majestic73%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Maria by Callas73%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
