He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)

8.4/10 149 min Documentary

Overview

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

Cast

Kenneth Anger

Self (archive footage)

Adolfo Arrieta

Self (archive footage)

Donatas Banionis

Self (archive footage)

Robert Breer

Self (archive footage)

Pola Chapelle

Self (archive footage)

Shirley Clarke

Self (archive footage)

Miles Davis

Self (archive footage)

Willard Van Dyke

Self (archive footage)

Hollis Frampton

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

Marcel Hanoun

Self (archive footage)

Ken Jacobs

Self (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy, Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Peter Kubelka

Self (archive footage)

George Kuchar

Self (archive footage)

Mike Kuchar

Self (archive footage)

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