

Don’t take the poet’s anger for hysterics. When you hear a poet shouting, think about your own existence which is in danger.
February 28, 1961
1h 25m
EN
Jonas Mekas
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.

Frances Stillman
Barbara

Ben Carruthers
Ben

Adolfas Mekas
Gregory

Argus Spear Juillard
Argus


Jonas Mekas
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Frank Kuenstler
Frank

Louis Brigante
Luis

Sudie Bond
Sudie

Leonard Hicks
Leonard

Melvin Clay
Man Looking for Job

George Maciunas
Man with Theorbo
NACG
US