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The Resource Lost lost lost & Walden, two diary films by Jonas Mekas, (videorecording)

Lost lost lost & Walden, two diary films by Jonas Mekas, (videorecording)

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Summary
  • Walden: "Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate reality: situations, friends, New York, seasons of the year. On some days I shot ten frames, on others ten seconds, still on others ten minutes. All footage that you'll see in the Diaries is exactly as it came out from the camera: there was no way of achieving it in the editing room without destroying its form and content. Walden contains materials from the years 1965-69, strung together in chronological order. For the soundtrack I used some of the sounds that I collected during the same period: voices, subways, much street noise, bits of Chopin (I am a romantic), and other significant and insignificant sounds."--Jonas Mekas
  • Lost lost lost: "These six reels of my film diaries come from the years 1949-1963. They begin with my arrival in New York in November 1949. The first and second reels deal with my life as a Young Poet and a Displaced Person in Brooklyn. It shows the Lithuanian immigrant community, their attempts to adapt themselves to a new land and their tragic efforts to regain independence for their native country. It shows my own frustrations and anxieties and the decision to leave Brooklyn and move to Manhattan. Reel three and reel four deal with my life in Manhattan on Orchard Street and East 13th St. Reel five includes Rabbit Shit Haikus, a series of Haikus filmed in Vermont; scenes at the Film-Maker's Cooperative; filming Hallelujah the Hills; scenes of New York City. Reel six contains a trip to Flaherty Seminar, a visit to the seashore in Stony Brook; a portrait of Tiny Tim; opening of Twice a Man; excursions to the countryside seen from two different views; that of my own and that of Ken Jacobs whose footage is incorporated into this reel."--Jonas Mekas
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
  • 2 videodiscs (177 min., 173 min.)
  • 025700
  • 025300
Note
  • Collective title from container
  • Walden filmed 1965-1968, released 1969; Lost lost lost filmed 1949-1963, edited 1976
  • Includes audio commentaries by Jonas Mekas, moderated by Pip Chodorov; short films by Jonas Mekas: Cassis (1966 ; 5:49 min.), Notes on the circus (1966 ; 12:46 min.), Hare Krishna (1966 ; 4:49 min.), and Report from Millbrook (1965-1966 ; 11:41 min.) [ disc 1]; short films by Jonas Mekas: Travel songs (1967-1981 ; 25 min.) and Williamsburg (1949-2002 ; 15 min.); Jonas (1967-1968 ; 32:16 min.), a film by Gideon Bachmann [disc 2]; essay "Out of the past' by Ed Halter, in booklet (15 pages ; 15 cm)
Contents
  • disc 1. Diaries, notes and sketches : also known as Walden
  • disc 2. Lost lost lost / by Jonas Mekas
Instance
Label
Lost lost lost & Walden
Title
Lost lost lost & Walden
Statement of responsibility
two diary films by Jonas Mekas
Title variation
  • Lost lost lost
  • Walden
  • Lost lost lost and Walden
Contributor
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Writer of supplementary textual content
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • Walden: "Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate reality: situations, friends, New York, seasons of the year. On some days I shot ten frames, on others ten seconds, still on others ten minutes. All footage that you'll see in the Diaries is exactly as it came out from the camera: there was no way of achieving it in the editing room without destroying its form and content. Walden contains materials from the years 1965-69, strung together in chronological order. For the soundtrack I used some of the sounds that I collected during the same period: voices, subways, much street noise, bits of Chopin (I am a romantic), and other significant and insignificant sounds."--Jonas Mekas
  • Lost lost lost: "These six reels of my film diaries come from the years 1949-1963. They begin with my arrival in New York in November 1949. The first and second reels deal with my life as a Young Poet and a Displaced Person in Brooklyn. It shows the Lithuanian immigrant community, their attempts to adapt themselves to a new land and their tragic efforts to regain independence for their native country. It shows my own frustrations and anxieties and the decision to leave Brooklyn and move to Manhattan. Reel three and reel four deal with my life in Manhattan on Orchard Street and East 13th St. Reel five includes Rabbit Shit Haikus, a series of Haikus filmed in Vermont; scenes at the Film-Maker's Cooperative; filming Hallelujah the Hills; scenes of New York City. Reel six contains a trip to Flaherty Seminar, a visit to the seashore in Stony Brook; a portrait of Tiny Tim; opening of Twice a Man; excursions to the countryside seen from two different views; that of my own and that of Ken Jacobs whose footage is incorporated into this reel."--Jonas Mekas
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WAU
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • Lost lost lost (Motion picture)
  • Walden (Motion picture)
  • Cassis (Motion picture)
  • Notes on the circus (Motion picture)
  • Hare Krishna (Motion picture)
  • Report from Millbrook (Motion picture)
  • Travel songs (Motion picture)
  • Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Motion picture)
  • Jonas (Motion picture : 1968)
Language note
In English with optional English or French subtitles
PerformerNote
  • Walden: Jonas Mekas, P. Adams Sitney, Tony Conrad, Stan Brakhage, Carl Th. Dreyer, Timothy Leary, Baba Ram Dass, Gregory Markopoulos, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Jerome Hill, Barbet Schroeder, Jack Smith, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, Velvet Underground, Ken Jacobs, Hans Richter, Standish D. Lawder, Adolfas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Jud Yalkut, Peter Kuelka, Michael Snow, Richard Foreman, John Lennon, Yoko Ono
  • Lost lost lost: Robert Frank, LeRoi Jones, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Tiny Tim
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1922-2019
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Mekas, Jonas
  • Halter, Ed
Runtime
350
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  • Mekas, Jonas
  • Mekas, Jonas
  • Mekas, Jonas
  • Immigrants
  • Refugees
  • Lithuanian Americans
  • New York (N.Y.)
Technique
live action
Label
Lost lost lost & Walden, two diary films by Jonas Mekas, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Collective title from container
  • Walden filmed 1965-1968, released 1969; Lost lost lost filmed 1949-1963, edited 1976
  • Includes audio commentaries by Jonas Mekas, moderated by Pip Chodorov; short films by Jonas Mekas: Cassis (1966 ; 5:49 min.), Notes on the circus (1966 ; 12:46 min.), Hare Krishna (1966 ; 4:49 min.), and Report from Millbrook (1965-1966 ; 11:41 min.) [ disc 1]; short films by Jonas Mekas: Travel songs (1967-1981 ; 25 min.) and Williamsburg (1949-2002 ; 15 min.); Jonas (1967-1968 ; 32:16 min.), a film by Gideon Bachmann [disc 2]; essay "Out of the past' by Ed Halter, in booklet (15 pages ; 15 cm)
Bar code
  • 31223117954819
  • 31223117954827
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc 1. Diaries, notes and sketches : also known as Walden -- disc 2. Lost lost lost / by Jonas Mekas
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
  • 2 videodiscs (177 min., 173 min.)
  • 025700
  • 025300
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
738329185428
Other physical details
sound, black & white and color
Publisher number
K1854
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)929986660
System details
Blu-ray, NTSC, Region A; mono; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Lost lost lost & Walden, two diary films by Jonas Mekas, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Collective title from container
  • Walden filmed 1965-1968, released 1969; Lost lost lost filmed 1949-1963, edited 1976
  • Includes audio commentaries by Jonas Mekas, moderated by Pip Chodorov; short films by Jonas Mekas: Cassis (1966 ; 5:49 min.), Notes on the circus (1966 ; 12:46 min.), Hare Krishna (1966 ; 4:49 min.), and Report from Millbrook (1965-1966 ; 11:41 min.) [ disc 1]; short films by Jonas Mekas: Travel songs (1967-1981 ; 25 min.) and Williamsburg (1949-2002 ; 15 min.); Jonas (1967-1968 ; 32:16 min.), a film by Gideon Bachmann [disc 2]; essay "Out of the past' by Ed Halter, in booklet (15 pages ; 15 cm)
Bar code
  • 31223117954819
  • 31223117954827
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc 1. Diaries, notes and sketches : also known as Walden -- disc 2. Lost lost lost / by Jonas Mekas
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
  • 2 videodiscs (177 min., 173 min.)
  • 025700
  • 025300
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
738329185428
Other physical details
sound, black & white and color
Publisher number
K1854
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)929986660
System details
Blu-ray, NTSC, Region A; mono; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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