jonas mekas-february eighteenth

Jonas Mekas' february 18th video is a digital short chronicling an event for opposition to the war in Iraq. There's a banner with the famous phrase, "War Is Over; If You Want It." It's paired with very somber music, even though the event itself appears to be quite intimate and warm, with people packed to the rafters dancing and celebrating around a cake of some sort. The bittersweet quality of the film makes sense when he reveals the date it was filmed: february 18th 2003. There's a lot of nostalgia to go around as the film reminds one of the seventies and John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Now, however, the nostalgia only puts february 18th 2007 into sad perspective as the war rages on, and Bush's wish to invade Iran may just be granted.