“Don’t take the poet’s anger for hysterics. When you hear a poet shouting, think about your own existence which is in danger.”
Guns of the Trees
Overview
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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Cast
Frances Stillman
Barbara
Ben Carruthers
Ben
Adolfas Mekas
Gregory
Argus Spear Juillard
Argus
Frank Kuenstler
Frank
Louis Brigante
Luis
Sudie Bond
Sudie
Leonard Hicks
Leonard
Melvin Clay
Man Looking for Job
George Maciunas
Man with Theorbo
Tina Stoumen
Girl on Swing
Barbara Tucker
Woman with Child
Allen Ginsberg
Self (voice)
Anne Flannagan
Pregnant Woman
Sterling Jensen
Mime II
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