Scott Hammen, Christian Lebrat
Un guide de Walden de Jonas Mekas
Author(s) Scott Hammen, Christian Lebrat
Format paperback book
Year 2023
Language(s) French
Pages 328 pages
Description
"Every time people ask me what it was like to live in New York in the 1960s, I refer them to Jonas Mekas's film Walden."
— Amy Taubin
"On the soundtrack of Diaries, Notes and Sketches, also known as Walden (1969), Jonas Mekas proclaims: 'I make home movies, therefore I live.' To watch Walden is to visit an essential place and time through the eyes of a great poet. There's no need to take the tour with a guide. But having spent many joyous hours exploring Mekas's Walden, I've found that the film's fascination grows with knowledge of the subject.
This book aims to accompany viewers of this filmed diary that has now become an essential landmark in the history of cinema."
— Scott Hammen
Scott Hammen is a filmmaker. He founded Eyewash Books, a publishing house for English-language books where he has notably published Standish Lawder and the Cubist Cinema (2019), Cecile Starr and Experimental Animation (2021) and Yann Beauvais. On Films 1976-1998 (2021).
The author immerses us in the heart of Jonas Mekas's masterpiece, revealing little-known aspects of Walden that enrich our understanding of the film and its context.
With previously unpublished testimonies from Jonas Mekas.
This book is published on the occasion of Jonas Mekas's centenary celebrations
Translated from English by Christian Lebrat
The translation of this book received support from the LITHUANIAN CULTURE INSTITUTE