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.

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.

• Release date
• February 28, 1961
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Jonas Mekas

Cast

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Frances Stillman Barbara

B

Ben Carruthers Ben Adolfas Mekas Gregory

A

Argus Spear Juillard Argus

F

Frank Kuenstler Frank

L

Louis Brigante Luis Sudie Bond Sudie

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Leonard Hicks Leonard