Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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.

• Jonas MekasDirector
• Jonas MekasWriter

• 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)