No. 18: Mahagonny
No. 18: Mahagonny
Watch No. 18: Mahagonny Online Free HD Solarmovies. Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1929) for over ten years and considered it his magnum opus. The film was shot from 1970 to 1972 and edited for the next eight years. The “program” of the film is meticulous, with a complex structure and order. The Weill opera is transformed into a numerological and symbolic system. Images in the film are divided into categories— portraits, animation, symbols and nature— to form the palindrome P.A.S.A.N.A.S.A.P. The film contains invaluable cameos of important avant-garde figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, and Jonas Mekas, intercut with installation pieces from Robert Mapplethorpe’s studio, New York City landmarks of the era, and Smith’s visionary animation.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: United States
- Director: Harry Smith
- Cast: Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Lotte Lenya, Jonas Mekas, Robert Mapplethorpe,
Comment
Related Movies
- 1974
Mahagonny
Mahagonny71974HD
The city of Mahagonny, founded by three criminals, becomes a place for people looking for their luck or money. One among them is the lumberjack Jim...
![Mahagonny]()
- 2024
A Santa Joana dos Matadouros
A Santa Joana dos Matadouros02024HD
Inspired by the work of Bertolt Brecht and filmed in Porto's former industrial slaughterhouse, A Santa Joana dos Matadouros is a meta-cinematic essay...
![A Santa Joana dos Matadouros]()
- 2019
Nightcrawlers
Nightcrawlers5.72019HD
For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.
![Nightcrawlers]()
- 2013
Marianne
Marianne02013HD
On the verge of professional breakthrough, a young Bertolt Brecht reflects on relationships.
![Marianne]()
- 1974
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui01974HD
Hitler's seizure of power in 1933 and his rule in the years that followed are transferred to the North American criminal world of the 1930s in a...
![Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui]()
- 2022
Greenfingers
Greenfingers02022HD
Following fateful scientific reports, protestors pose the argument for a better future against the vested interest of industry. Small to large,...
![Greenfingers]()
- 1984
Measure Taken
Measure Taken01984HD
The series’ latest Harald Vogl feature (from 1984) completes the filmmaker’s gradual movement away from narrative toward a...
![Measure Taken]()
- 2021
Shaadisthan
Shaadisthan7.22021HD
An accidental road trip from Mumbai to Ajmer with a quirky wedding band forces Arshie’s orthodox parents to open their eyes to a new way of...
![Shaadisthan]()
- 2024
Rasavathi
Rasavathi7.32024HD
A former criminal doctor and his wife seek a tranquil life, but has to face a psychopathic police inspector hellbent on vengeance jeopardizes their...
![Rasavathi]()
- 2017
The Perfect Murderer
The Perfect Murderer5.12017HD
The prime suspect in a murder could be responsible for the death of the detective's daughter, but is he pursuing justice or revenge?
![The Perfect Murderer]()
- 2021
Beyond Belief - talking to the dead
Beyond Belief - talking to the dead102021HD
Are paranormal experiences real? Can being 'spiritual' help with the way you feel about death, dying and grief? This British film, from the...
![Beyond Belief - talking to the dead]()
- 1956
Po noci den
Po noci den71956HD
A Czech art film set in a modern village. The main character of the film is Karla Tolarová, a worker from a Prague printing house, who arrives...
![Po noci den]()
