Jon Jost
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Jon Stephen Jost (born 16 May 1943 in Chicago) is an American independent filmmaker. Born in Chicago to a military family, he grew up in Georgia, Kansas, Japan, Italy, Germany and Virginia. He began making films in January 1963 after being expelled from college. In 1965 he was imprisoned by US authorities for 2 years 3 months for refusal to cooperate with the Selective Service system. Self-taught as a filmmaker, he made his first full-length film in 1974, and has since that time focused on a wide range of American issues in his films, at present having made 40 long-form films. Jost's work has shown since 1976 in major film festivals around the world.
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30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
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All the Vermeers in New York (1992)
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Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)
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The Bed You Sleep In (1993)
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La lunga ombra (2006)
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Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
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Rant (2009)
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Chameleon (1978)
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Godard 1980 (1980)
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Slow Moves (1983)
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Frameup (1993)
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Homecoming (2004)
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Rembrandt Laughing (1989)
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Vergessensfuge (2004)
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They Had It Coming (2015)
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Tourists (2021)
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A Walk Through Waseda Garden (2004)
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Far from Afghanistan (2012)
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Bell Diamond (1986)
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Dharma Do as Dharma Does (2001)
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Angel City (1976)
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Stagefright (1981)
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City (1964)
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Inside Story (—)
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Roma - un ritratto improvvisario (2000)
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13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life (1968)
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Traps (1967)
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Deadendz (2023)
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3 (2019)
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Plain Talk pt 2 (2017)
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Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four (1971)
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Chhattisgarh Sketches (2004)
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Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko (2017)
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Portrait (1963)
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COME AND GO: Cascais < - > Lisboa (2021)
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Um dia vai haver uma domingo (—)
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Sure Fire (1990)
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A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire (2018)
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Speaking Directly (1973)
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Blue Strait (2015)
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1 (2019)
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Muri Romani (2000)
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Born to Lose (2020)
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July 4, 2020 (2020)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (2021)
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Passages (2006)
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PROVA (—)
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NAVE (2019)
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Broken Down on the Highway (2018)
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In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa (1999)
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KOREA (2019)
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Cafe (2021)
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Veils (2020)
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Swimming in Nebraska (2010)
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Oui Non (2002)
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Bowman Lake (2014)
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Canyon (1970)
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Festivale di San Gennaro (2021)
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Walkerville (2024)
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There's Many Friends Along This Way (2018)
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STARBOARD (—)
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CLEARCUT (2019)
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Mitch Plays (—)
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OCULUS (2021)
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Canyon II (2018)
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Duckweed (2021)
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Love Letter To Robert (2021)
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I Been Up On The Mountain (2020)
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Fall Creek (1970)
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MY LIFE AS A MIDGE (2020)
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Again & Again (2018)
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London Brief (1997)
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See What I Mean ? (2019)
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Wood Song (2018)
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INSTABILITY (2017)
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San Lorenzo (2009)
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Pequenos Milagres (2019)
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IRAN (2021)
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A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington (2004)
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Parable (2008)
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Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) (1987)
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The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima (2012)
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Coming to Terms (2013)
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Mt Plesant Wa 420 1-1 (2020)
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WALK IN THE PARK (2021)
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Empire's Cross (2011)
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fixin to die (2020)
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Foursome (2021)
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Funkies (—)
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Tanti Auguri (2002)
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The House Is Singing (2021)
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6 Easy Pieces (2000)
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murmuration (2022)
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GOING GOING GONE (2020)
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O Canto do Sao Pedro de Moel (2021)
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Water Song No. 2 (—)
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BRIGHTON BEACH (2021)
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If You Don't Have A Friend (2020)
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Madison Park II (2021)
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#9 (2020)
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Over Here (2007)
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Images of a Lost City (2011)
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Antonio DAntoni (2017)
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AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD [NEBRASKA] (2017)
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SONG (2022)
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Amtrak (2009)
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Trinity (2011)
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TULSA (2019)
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SWANTON ROAD (—)
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Koch Poem (—)
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Betty's Grand Canyon Video (2020)
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Plain Talk pt 1 (2017)
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Muri Romani II (2019)
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Going going gone (2018)
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all along (2021)
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MET (2021)
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Arbor Fugue (2002)
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Yellow Stone Canyon (2019)
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ON THE STRAIT (2020)
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Rabeahe (—)
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Up On The Mountain (2021)
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Til Edvard (2002)
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JOST ON SPEAKING DIRECTLY (2015)
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The Brambles (2020)
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5 MINS IN CANNING (2023)
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Broken Down on the Highway (2021)
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FIRTH2 (2023)
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HOUSES (2020)
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MONDELLO Surfer's Meditation (2021)
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DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road (2023)
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2 (2019)
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Glorious Freedom (2021)
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MADISON SQ PARK (2021)
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Casa do silencio (2023)
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Mr. Right (—)
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BROKEN (2020)
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PRICKLY-PEAR FINAL (2020)
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Dissonance (2012)
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Vera X 3 (—)
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Doubles (2021)
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Cambridge Afternoon (2018)
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LISBOA CASCAIS 2 (2021)
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born to lose (2020)
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many friends (2020)
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MONET VARIATION 1 (2021)
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Nebraska Grasses Veils (2020)
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Punta Secca (—)
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WALTZ FB (2017)
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Mondello Meditazione No. 2 (2021)
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The Last Election (2016)
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ALL ALONG THE WATER TANKS (2020)
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Born To Lose (2018)
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going gone (2020)
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neon galaxy (2020)
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Grand Central Station (2021)
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if you don't have a friend (2018)
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TAI CHI (2021)
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waltzing (2020)
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River Squall (2021)
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Spectral Passage (2020)
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Brooklyn Bridge (2021)
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Number Nine (2020)
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Opening at O'Flaherty's (2021)
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Red Frame (—)
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Gallery (2021)
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BRIGHTON BEACH MTA (2021)
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final gertjan.m4v (2016)
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LB BOLOGNA FOR (2016)
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LISBON CASCAIS (2021)
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odette & jon (2021)
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Play Ball (2021)
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Red Psalm (—)
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SERFS UP (2021)
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Sonnyboy's (2021)
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The Symphony (2020)
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Three Views (2021)
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UGIA SONG POEM (2023)
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UNION SQUARE (2021)
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whole lotta living (2020)
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mercado del capo (2021)
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MERRY-GO-AROUND (2021)
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Bryant Park (2021)
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Street Life (—)
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