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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

1968 · 180 min

A drifting, intimate collage of fleeting moments that rewards patience with a quiet, nostalgic sense of a vanished bohemian world.

Directed by: Jonas Mekas
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Timothy Leary, Ed Emshwiller, Franz Fuenstler

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.

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Directed by: Jonas Mekas
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Timothy Leary, Ed Emshwiller, Franz Fuenstler

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
art
friendship
isolation
aging
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	1
Darkness	2
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Jonas Mekas
Written by: Jonas Mekas
Starring: Timothy Leary, Ed Emshwiller, Franz Fuenstler, Jack Smith, Mario Montez, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol
Runtime: 180 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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