Films with: Jonas, Joan

Double lunar dogs

"Based on Robert Heinlein's 1941 story "Universe," Double Lunar Dogs presents a vision of post-apocalyptic survival aboard a "spacecraft," travelling aimlessly through the universe, whose passengers have forgotten the purpose of their mission. As a metaphor for the nature and purpose of memory, the two main characters (portrayed by Jonas and Spalding Gray) play games with images of their past; but their efforts to restore their collective memories are futile, and they are reprimanded by the "Authority" for their attempts to recapture their past on a now-destroyed planet Earth."--Video Data Bank website.

DVD 12100

I want to live in the country

"Loss, displacement, time, and memory permeate this haunting nonlinear narrative, which unfolds like a dream in the process of telling itself. Jonas is seen watching video images--shot in a New York studio and in rural Nova Scotia--that metaphorically relate to the dreams, reveries and memories that she is heard reading from her journal."--Electronic Arts Intermix.

DVD 12127

Volcano saga Iceland, 1985 /

After a car wreck, a woman experiences a dream fantasy of a woman living in Iceland 1,000 years ago; special visual effects provide a surrealistic ambience.

DVD 12062