Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

2013

3h 0m

7.5(24 votes)

Documentary

Overview

An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

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61 members

Acting

Timothy Leary

Self

Directing

Ed Emshwiller

Self

Acting

Franz Fuenstler

Self

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Directing

Jack Smith

Self

Acting

Mario Montez

Self

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Nico

Self

Acting

Edie Sedgwick

Self

Directing

Andy Warhol

Self

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Judith Malina

Self

Directing

Storm De Hirsch

Self

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Norman Mailer

Self

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Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

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John Lennon

Self

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Yoko Ono

Self

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Leo Adams

Self

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Jane Wodening

Self

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Neowyn Brakhage

Self

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Stan Brakhage

Self

Editing

Louis Brigante

Self

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John Brockman

Self

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John Cale

Self

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John Cavenaugh

Self

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Shirley Clarke

Self

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Tony Conrad

Self

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Philip Corner

Self

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Ram Dass

Self

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Nick Dorsky

Self

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

Self

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Beverly Grant

Self

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Martin Greenbaum

Self

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Bibbe Hansen

Self

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Jerome Hill

Self

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Ken Jacobs

Self

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Mike Jacobsen

Self

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Peter Kubelka

Self

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Algirdas Landsbergis

Self

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Standish Lawder

Self

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Naomi Levine

Self

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Angus MacLise

Self

Directing

Gregory J. Markopoulos

Self

Acting

Adolfas Mekas

Self

Acting

David Mekas

Self

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Elzbieta Mekas

Self

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Jonas Mekas

Self

Acting

Polivas Mekas

Self

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Marie Menken

Self

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Sterling Morrison

Self

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John Palmer

Self

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Lou Reed

Self

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Hans Richter

Self

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Lionel Rogosin

Self

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Barbet Schroeder

Self

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Shep Sherbell

Self

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P. Adams Sitney

Self

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Harry Smith

Self

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Michael Snow

Self

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Amy Taubin

Self

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Gretchen Weinberg

Self

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Jud Yalkut

Self

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Richard Foreman

Self

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Jonas Mekas

self

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