Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

3h

Documentary

7.2

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 Leary

Self

Ed Emshwiller

Self

Franz Fuenstler

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

Leo Adams

Self

Jane Wodening

Self

Neowyn Brakhage

Self

Stan Brakhage

Self

Louis Brigante

Self

John Brockman

Self

John Cale

Self

John Cavenaugh

Self

Shirley Clarke

Self

Tony Conrad

Self

Philip Corner

Self

Ram Dass

Self

Nick Dorsky

Self

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Self

Beverly Grant

Self

Martin Greenbaum

Self

Bibbe Hansen

Self

Jerome Hill

Self

Ken Jacobs

Self

Mike Jacobsen

Self

Peter Kubelka

Self

Algirdas Landsbergis

Self

Standish Lawder

Self

Naomi Levine

Self

Angus MacLise

Self

Gregory J. Markopoulos

Self

Adolfas Mekas

Self

David Mekas

Self

Elzbieta Mekas

Self

Jonas Mekas

Self, self

Polivas Mekas

Self

Marie Menken

Self

Sterling Morrison

Self

John Palmer

Self

Lou Reed

Self

Hans Richter

Self

Lionel Rogosin

Self

Barbet Schroeder

Self

Shep Sherbell

Self

P. Adams Sitney

Self

Harry Smith

Self

Michael Snow

Self

Amy Taubin

Self

Gretchen Weinberg

Self

Jud Yalkut

Self

Richard Foreman

Self

Crew

Jonas Mekas

Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography