Notes for Jerome

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Notes for Jerome (1978)

Directed by Jonas Mekas

Documentary · 45m

A tribute to Jonas Mekas' late friend and patron, Jerome Hill. Filmed on 16mm across three visits to Hill’s estate in Cassis, France, the film plays out as a tender visual diary of memory, passing time, and artistic exile. While the film focuses on daily life rather than explicit sexuality, it breathes with queer history. Hill was a closeted gay philanthropist who used his immense wealth to shelter and fund underground, heavily queer creatives. Mekas captures the warm, intimate atmosphere of this sanctuary, featuring legendary gay avant-garde icons like Warhol superstar Taylor Mead and actor Charles Rydell. Dedicated "to the wind of Lithuania" and featured in the 1979 Whitney Biennial, the film ultimately stands as a beautifully soft, authentic time capsule of a safe haven built by and for mid-century queer radicals.

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Cast

Jerome Hill Self Jonas Mekas Self Taylor Mead Self Bernadette Lafont Self
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Charles Rydell Self
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Barbara Stone Self Noël Burch Self Judith Malina Self Julian Beck Self
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P. Adams Sitney Self Jean-Jacques Lebel Self
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Alec Wilder Self

Crew

Director
Jonas Mekas
Writer
Jonas Mekas

Details

Release date
1978-07-03
Runtime
45m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English