A Companion to Mekas Walden

<p><strong>A Companion to Mekas Walden</strong> is an in-depth guide to Jonas Mekas's film masterpiece. It is designed to enrich the viewer's journey through the cultural ferment of New York City in the 1960s explored by Mekas's film.</p><p><br></p><p>When Mekas's <em>Diaries Notes and Sketches also known as Walden</em> premiered in New York in 1969 it opened a new chapter in the history of artists' film. A new generation suddenly discovered that the film medium was not reserved for the commercial entertainment industry. but could be used by individual artists and poets too.</p><p><br></p><p>And at the same time <em>Walden</em> was also an invaluable record of a time and place that was the nexus of multiple forms of American art - including music painting dance theater and poetry. As critic Amy Taubin wrote: Whenever people ask me what it was like to live in New York in the '60s I refer them to Mekas's <em>Walden</em>...</p><p><br></p><p><strong>A Companion to Mekas Walden</strong> provides a wealth of information on the film's subjects not just those like John Lennon and Andy Warhol who were already world famous but also many who have been undeservedly forgotten.</p><p><br></p>