Diaries, Notes and Sketches
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas
David C. Stone
Barbara Stone
Tony Conrad
Beverly Grant
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A personal record spanning 5 years in the life of filmmaker Jonas Mekas. Included are the subjects listed below.
Director
Jonas Mekas
Cast
Jonas Mekas
David C. Stone
Barbara Stone
Tony Conrad
Beverly Grant
Timothy Leary
David Brooks
Harry Smith
Pola Chapelle
Adolfas Mekas
Ed Emshwiller
Barbara Rubin
P. Adams Sitney
Stan Brakhage
Jane Brakhage
Carl Th. Dreyer
Amy Taubin
Jerome Hill
Ken Kelman
Barbet Schroeder
Gerard Malanga
Jack Smith
Mario Montez
Nico
Edie Sedgwick
The Velvet Underground
Andy Warhol
Naomi Levine
Ken Jacobs
Judith Malina
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Storm De Hirsch
Herman G. Weinberg
Lionel Rogosin
Louis Brigante
The Fugs
Allen Ginsberg
Peter Orlovsky
Norman Mailer
Ernie Gehr
Hans Richter
Standish Lawder
Paul Krassner
Willard Van Dyke
Gideon Bachmann
Shirley Clarke
Jud Yalkut
Marie Menken
Peter Kubelka
James Broughton
Michael Snow
Joyce Wieland
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Nat Hentoff
Peter H. Beard
John V. Lindsay
Thomas Hoving
Jacob Javits
Frank Kuenstler
Bibbe Hansen
Leo Adams
Gretchen Weinberg
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed 1964-69 in New York City, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Texas, etc. Released as a work in progress. Subsequently distributed in four parts entitled: Walden: Reel One; Walden, Reel Two; Walden, Reel Three; Walden, Reel Four. Film's soundtrack contains subway noises, street noises, a variety of musical selections, Mekas playing and singing, and readings from Walden, the works of Saint John of the Cross, and a text on Julian Beck and Judith Malina.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1969
Released in United States August 1997
Released in United States February 25, 1989
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 6-16, 1997.
Released in United States August 1997 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 6-16, 1997.)
Shown at the American Museum of the Moving Image Astoria, New York (Visions of New York) February 25, 1989.
Released in United States 1969
Released in United States February 25, 1989 (Shown at the American Museum of the Moving Image Astoria, New York (Visions of New York) February 25, 1989.)
