David Holzman’s Diary

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David Holzman’s Diary is a 1967 independent mockumentary film that satirically explores a young filmmaker’s obsession with documenting his own life and the blurred line between reality and cinema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
mockumentary film
cinematographyBy Michael Wadleigh NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts young filmmaker documenting his life
director Jim McBride NERFINISHED
era New American Cinema movement NERFINISHED
explores confessional filmmaking
ethics of filming others without consent
filmFormat black-and-white
filmingStyle cinéma vérité
pseudo-documentary
firstReleaseFormat theatrical release
genre drama
mockumentary
satire
hasCultFollowing true
hasTheme alienation in urban life
impact of technology on perception
relationship between life and cinema
includedIn canon of influential American independent films
mainCharacter David Holzman NERFINISHED
narrativeForm first-person diary
notableFor early example of mockumentary form
influence on later mockumentary films
satirical treatment of cinéma vérité
originalLanguage English
portrays use of handheld 16mm camera
producer Jim McBride NERFINISHED
productionType low-budget independent production
releaseYear 1967
runtimeMinutes 74
settingLocation Manhattan NERFINISHED
New York City
starring Eileen Dietz NERFINISHED
L. M. Kit Carson NERFINISHED
Lorenzo Mans NERFINISHED
subjectMatter blurred line between reality and fiction
filmmaking
identity
media obsession
self-documentation
voyeurism
timePeriodDepicted 1960s
writer Jim McBride NERFINISHED
L. M. Kit Carson NERFINISHED

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L. M. Kit Carson (married 1975; divorced) directed David Holzman’s Diary
subject surface form: L. M. Kit Carson