Guns of the Trees

Directed by Jonas Mekas
1961    85 mDrama
6.87.3
Barbara, a young woman consumed by despair, contemplates suicide, while a man she meets in a church and a married couple struggle to persuade her that life is still worth living. Mekas’s film weaves this intimate drama into a larger reflection on alienation, politics, and the turbulence of early 1960s America.

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  • Frances StillmanBarbara
  • Ben CarruthersBen
  • Adolfas MekasGregory
  • Argus Spear JuillardArgus
  • Frank KuenstlerFrank
  • Louis BriganteLuis
  • Sudie BondSudie
  • Leonard HicksLeonard
  • Melvin ClayMan Looking for Job
  • George MaciunasMan with Theorbo
  • Tina StoumenGirl on Swing
  • Barbara TuckerWoman with Child
  • Allen GinsbergSelf (voice)
  • Anne FlannaganPregnant Woman
  • Sterling JensenMime II
  • Marvin KarpatkinMan at the Desk
  • Stuart PerkoffPoetry Reader
  • Jewel WalkerMime I
  • Marjorie WalkerOffice Woman
  • Jonas MekasRegisseur / Schrijver / Redacteur

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