Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
27 reviews
Documentary
3h
1968
Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family, friends, lovers, and artistic idols. Blending...
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Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family, friends, lovers, and artistic idols. Blending everyday encounters with portraits of the avant-garde art scene, it forms an epic, personal meditation on community, creativity, and the passage of time.
- DirectorJonas Mekas
- Release1 March 1968
- GenreDocumentary
- Duration3h
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- Revenue?
- Rate27 reviews
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Cast

Timothy Leary
Self

Ed Emshwiller
Self

Jack Smith
Self

Mario Montez
Self

Nico
Self

Edie Sedgwick
Self

Andy Warhol
Self

Judith Malina
Self

Storm De Hirsch
Self

Norman Mailer
Self

Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)

John Lennon
Self

Yoko Ono
Self

Stan Brakhage
Self

John Brockman
Self

John Cale
Self

Shirley Clarke
Self

Tony Conrad
Self

Ram Dass
Self

Carl Theodor Dreyer
Self

Bibbe Hansen
Self

Jerome Hill
Self

Ken Jacobs
Self

Peter Kubelka
Self

Standish Lawder
Self

Naomi Levine
Self

Angus MacLise
Self

Gregory J. Markopoulos
Self

Adolfas Mekas
Self

Jonas Mekas
Self

Marie Menken
Self

Sterling Morrison
Self

John Palmer
Self

Lou Reed
Self

Hans Richter
Self

Lionel Rogosin
Self

Barbet Schroeder
Self

P. Adams Sitney
Self

Harry Smith
Self

Michael Snow
Self

Amy Taubin
Self

Jud Yalkut
Self

Jonas Mekas
self
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