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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.
Jan 29, 1975 · David Holzman's Diary: Directed by Jim McBride. With L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Lorenzo Mans, Louise Levine. A young filmmaker decides to make a movie of his life.
A 1967 metafiction film by Jim McBride that parodies verité documentaries and explores the relationship between film and reality. Read critics and audience reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or buy the movie.
David Holzman's Diary is one of the most influential films of the 1960s, an "ingenious puzzle movie" (Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader) that charts the self-destruction of a...
Oct 25, 1994 · Jim McBride’s 1967 film follows a young man who films himself to find the truth about his life, but only gets more confused and lonely. The film mixes humor, drama, and social commentary, and explores the challenges of filmmaking and the Sixties culture.
As news from the Vietnam War blares over the radio, David Holzman (L.M. Kit Carson) unloads comic-neurotic monologues to his 16mm camera. When his relationship goes south, he retreats further into the world of celluloid. A landmark mockumentary from the rebel 60s.
David Holzman's Diary ★★★ 1967 Director McBride helmed this fake underground movie, a legendary put-on focusing on film student pretensions. Holzman is a sincere geek who seeks the meaning of life by filming his own existence in oh-so-chic grainy black-and-white verite.
