In an unpublished 16-page interview conducted in New York in 2002, Jonas Mekas reflects on the role of film criticism, the origins of American experimental cinema, the Filmmakers’ Cooperative and Anthology Film Archives, while discussing Hollywood and figures such as Woody Allen and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He also discusses the practice of diary filmmaking, poetry, the preservation and distribution of films and the future of Super 8 and moving images in the early days of the internet.