I Leave Chelsea Hotel

Directed by Jonas Mekas

Filmed in 1967 (camera: Gideon Bachmann), edited in 2009. I exit Chelsea Hotel and proceed towards Seventh Avenue where I catch a taxi. From 1967 to 1974, Chelsea Hotel, Room 725, was my home. Soundtrack: Leonard sings a song to my neighbor in room 726, Janis Joplin. -Jonas Mekas