Guns of the Trees
Don’t take the poet’s anger for hysterics. When you hear a poet shouting, think about your own existence which is in danger.
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- Drama
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 28, 1961
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- NACG
- Cast
- Frances Stillman,Ben Carruthers,Adolfas Mekas,Argus Spear Juillard,Frank Kuenstler,Louis Brigante,Sudie Bond,Leonard Hicks,Melvin Clay,George Maciunasand 9 more
- Director
- Jonas Mekas
- Writer
- Jonas Mekas
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0058168