Movie
Documentary
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8.4Feb 22, 1986149 min
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)
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