Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man

Name: Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-12-01
Duration: 68 min
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Jonas Mekas

2012·Documentary·1h 8m

8.7

★

An autobiographical diary film assembled from unused footage shot between 1960 and 2000, interwoven with reflections, music, and glimpses of family, friends, city life, and travel. Mekas transforms these fragments into a poetic celebration of memory, happiness, and the passing of time.

Directed by Jonas Mekas

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Jonas Mekas

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Jonas Mekas

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Popular Reviews

26 reviews

samPRO

10.0★ · 03/03/26

beautiful. like a dream

Pires

9.0★ · 02/22/26

I love how Mekas manages to transform any "little detail" into something extraordinary, he talks about memories and that, it's priceless!

It's strange feelings that I feel, it's as if it were a nostalgia for something I didn't live with an existential confusion, it's strange but beautiful.

Totti

9.0★ · 01/13/26

Mekas portrayed memories and defining it in a way that is relatable to all.

Aryam

A whole life of brief moments, in one hour.
“I managed to catch some of the beauty, some of the happiness, some of the beauty... that's all I care, that's all I care to catch”
POETIC

Annakin

8.0★ · 06/30/25

idk what this was but it made me nostalgic