David Holzman's Diary (1967)

Directed by

Jim McBride

Genre

mockumentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man makes a video diary of his life in New York City, filming his daily routines, his girlfriend and his own thoughts. The movie is a fake documentary that comments on how we use cameras to understand ourselves and others.

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What happens

David Holzman's Diary is a 1967 American mockumentary, or work of metacinema, directed by James McBride and starring L. M. Kit Carson. A feature-length film made on a tiny budget over several days, it is a work of experimental fiction presented as an autobiographical documentary. "A self-portrait by a fictional character in a real place—New York's Upper West Side," the film comments on the title character's personality and life as well as on documentary filmmaking and the medium of cinema more generally. In 1991, David Holzman's Diary was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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