Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches)

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Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches) is an influential 1969 avant-garde diary film by Jonas Mekas that weaves together personal footage, reflections, and everyday moments into a lyrical meditation on life and memory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avant-garde film ⓘ
diary film ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Walden ⓘ
cinematicMovement New American Cinema ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception influential in experimental film circles ⓘ
depicts New York avant-garde art scene ⓘ
daily life of Jonas Mekas ⓘ
director Jonas Mekas ⓘ
directorOfPhotography Jonas Mekas ⓘ
editor Jonas Mekas ⓘ
format 16 mm film ⓘ
genre avant-garde cinema ⓘ
diary film ⓘ
experimental documentary ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy Jonas Mekas ⓘ
hasCreator Jonas Mekas ⓘ
influenced essay film ⓘ
later diary films ⓘ
personal cinema ⓘ
influencedBy avant-garde film movement ⓘ
personal diary tradition ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
narrativeStyle fragmentary ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ
notableFor lyrical montage ⓘ
personal voiceover commentary ⓘ
use of handheld camera ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
periodOfFilming 1960s ⓘ
releaseYear 1969 ⓘ
structure diary-like ⓘ
style impressionistic ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
subjectMatter New York City ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ
friends and family of Jonas Mekas ⓘ
personal reflections ⓘ
theme cinema as diary ⓘ
everyday experience ⓘ
memory ⓘ
personal history ⓘ
time ⓘ
title Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches) ⓘ
writer Jonas Mekas ⓘ

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Jonas Mekas → notableWork → Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches) ⓘ
Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches) → title → Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches) ⓘ