Jonas in the Desert (1994)

6.4/10 • 123 min • Documentary

Overview

Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of independent U.S. movies; founder and director of the New York Anthology Film Archive.

Cast

Diahnne Abbott

Self

Kenneth Anger

Self

Stan Brakhage

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Self

Dustin Hoffman

Self

Ken Jacobs

Self

Taylor Mead

Self

Jonas Mekas

Self

Paul Morrissey

Self

Yoko Ono

Self

Al Pacino

Self

William Rice

Self

Martin Scorsese

Self

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

Nick Zedd

Self

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