Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968)

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 (62)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Timothy Leary

Self

Ed Emshwiller

Self

F

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

L

Leo Adams

Self

Jane Wodening

Self

N

Neowyn Brakhage

Self

Stan Brakhage

Self

L

Louis Brigante

Self

John Brockman

Self

John Cale

Self

J

John Cavenaugh

Self

Shirley Clarke

Self

T

Tony Conrad

Self

P

Philip Corner

Self

Ram Dass

Self

N

Nick Dorsky

Self

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Self

Beverly Grant

Self

M

Martin Greenbaum

Self

Bibbe Hansen

Self

Jerome Hill

Self

K

Ken Jacobs

Self

M

Mike Jacobsen

Self

Peter Kubelka

Self

A

Algirdas Landsbergis

Self

Standish Lawder

Self

Naomi Levine

Self

Angus MacLise

Self

Gregory J. Markopoulos

Self

A

Adolfas Mekas

Self

D

David Mekas

Self

E

Elzbieta Mekas

Self

Jonas Mekas

Self

P

Polivas Mekas

Self

Marie Menken

Self

Sterling Morrison

Self

John Palmer

Self

Lou Reed

Self

Hans Richter

Self

Lionel Rogosin

Self

Barbet Schroeder

Self

S

Shep Sherbell

Self

P

P. Adams Sitney

Self

H

Harry Smith

Self

Michael Snow

Self

Amy Taubin

Self

G

Gretchen Weinberg

Self

Jud Yalkut

Self

R

Richard Foreman

Self

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