My Girlfriend's Wedding
Directed by: Jim McBride
year: 1969 62 minutes
Jim McBride followed his wildly inventive debut, DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY, with this thought-provoking documentary about his then-girlfriend, Clarissa Ainley, and her 'marriage of convenience' to another man. "In many respects," states critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, MY GIRLFRIEND'S WEDDING is "the best 'critique' of DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY that I know." When Rosebaum interviewed the director for Positif in the 1970s, McBride noted that he was "fond of referring to it as a fiction film, because it was very much my personal idea of what Clarissa was like and not at all an objective or truthful view."
- Genres:
- Documentary / Cinéma-vérité
- Documentary / Biography
- Classic / Classic Documentary
Related Films
David Holzman's Diary
Dir. Jim McBride
(1967)
73 minutes
- Genres:
- Comedy / Romantic Comedy
- Drama / Dramedy
- Independent
- Comedy / Mockumentary
Jim McBride's brilliant cinéma vérité-esque independent film follows the titular character as he documents his life.
Pictures from Life's Other Side
Dir. Jim McBride
(1971)
46 minutes
- Genres:
- Documentary / Biography
- Documentary / Cinéma-vérité
- Documentary / Travelogue
- Classic / Classic Documentary
Director Jim McBride and his then-girlfriend Clarissa venture across the United States by automobile, documenting their expedition and themselves along the way.
My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-Law
Dir. Jim McBride
(2008)
9 minutes
- Genres:
- Documentary / Biography
- Documentary / Social Issues
In essence an extension of MY GIRLFRIEND'S WEDDING, the thematically related MY SON'S WEDDING TO MY SISTER-IN-LAW allows Jim McBride to take the “diary film” genre and turn it inside-out. Then he inverts it again.
Here I Am
Dir. Bruce Baillie
(1962)
10 minutes
- Genres:
- Avant-garde
- Short / Documentary
- Documentary / Cinéma-vérité
- Classic / Classic Documentary
- Documentary / Social Issues
Bruce Baillie’s lyrical portrait of an Oakland school for emotionally disturbed children regards the world of the classroom with open curiosity.
Glen and Randa
Dir. Jim McBride
(1970)
93 minutes
- Genres:
- Independent
- Drama / Expedition
- Science Fiction / Utopia/Dystopia
- Action/Adventure / Wilderness
- Science Fiction / Post-Apocalypse
Independent filmmaker Jim McBride follows a hedonistic, innocent young couple as they roam the post-apocalyptic world in search of a fabled, unspoiled city of dreams.
Daguerréotypes
Dir. Agnès Varda
(1976)
78 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / French
- Documentary / Cinéma-vérité
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Classic / Classic Documentary
A classic documentary from Agnes Varda, DAGUERREOTYPES is a wonderfully intimate portrait of the small shops and shopkeepers on a short stretch of the Rue Daguerre.
Reviews
There are no reviews for this film yet. Log in with Facebook, and be the first to write one!
Learn More
Explore Films
Popular Genres & Sub-Genres
Free Pass Offer!
Get a free 7-day pass when you connect with Facebook.
Share great films you find on Fandor with your friends.

Subscribe today.