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Film / 1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Directed by
Jonas Mekas
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.
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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.
Cast
Timothy LearySelf
Ed EmshwillerSelf
Franz FuenstlerSelf
Jack SmithSelf
Mario MontezSelf
NicoSelf
Edie SedgwickSelf
Andy WarholSelf
Judith MalinaSelf
Storm De HirschSelf
Norman MailerSelf
Allen GinsbergSelf (archive footage)
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John LennonSelf
Yoko OnoSelf
Leo AdamsSelf
Jane WodeningSelf
Neowyn BrakhageSelf
Stan BrakhageSelf
Louis BriganteSelf
John BrockmanSelf
John CaleSelf
John CavenaughSelf
Shirley ClarkeSelf
Tony ConradSelf
Philip CornerSelf
Ram DassSelf
Nick DorskySelf
Carl Theodor DreyerSelf
Beverly GrantSelf
Martin GreenbaumSelf
Bibbe HansenSelf
Jerome HillSelf
Ken JacobsSelf
Mike JacobsenSelf
Peter KubelkaSelf
Algirdas LandsbergisSelf
Standish LawderSelf
Naomi LevineSelf
Angus MacLiseSelf
Gregory J. MarkopoulosSelf
Adolfas MekasSelf
David MekasSelf
Elzbieta MekasSelf
Jonas MekasSelf
Polivas MekasSelf
Marie MenkenSelf
Sterling MorrisonSelf
John PalmerSelf
Lou ReedSelf
Hans RichterSelf
Lionel RogosinSelf
Barbet SchroederSelf
Shep SherbellSelf
P. Adams SitneySelf
Harry SmithSelf
Michael SnowSelf
Amy TaubinSelf
Gretchen WeinbergSelf
Jud YalkutSelf
Richard ForemanSelf
Nathaniel DorskySelf
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