Guns of the Trees

Name: Guns of the Trees
Director: Jonas Mekas
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961-02-28
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 7.3
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.

Drama

February 28, 19611h 25m7.3 / 10

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.

Director

Jonas Mekas

Production

NACG

Cast

Frances StillmanBarbara

Ben CarruthersBen

Adolfas MekasGregory

Argus Spear JuillardArgus

Frank KuenstlerFrank

Louis BriganteLuis