Guns of the Trees

Name: Guns of the Trees
Director: Jonas Mekas
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Frances Stillman, Ben Carruthers, Adolfas Mekas, Argus Spear Juillard, Frank Kuenstler

"Don’t take the poet’s anger for hysterics. When you hear a poet shouting, think about your own existence which is in danger."

7.1/10

1961

1h 25m

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.

Cast

Frances Stillman

Ben Carruthers

Adolfas Mekas

Argus Spear Juillard

Frank Kuenstler

Louis Brigante

Sudie Bond

Leonard Hicks

Guns of the Trees

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