Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Overview

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.

Details

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