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.
Made in US
7.3/10
1961
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Cast
Frances Stillman
As Barbara
Ben Carruthers
As Ben
Adolfas Mekas
As Gregory
Argus Spear Juillard
As Argus
Frank Kuenstler
As Frank
Louis Brigante
As Luis
Sudie Bond
As Sudie
Leonard Hicks
As Leonard
Melvin Clay
As Man Looking for Job
George Maciunas
As Man with Theorbo
Tina Stoumen
As Girl on Swing
Barbara Tucker
As Woman with Child
Allen Ginsberg
As Self (voice)
Anne Flannagan
As Pregnant Woman
Sterling Jensen
As Mime II
Marvin Karpatkin
As Man at the Desk
Stuart Perkoff
As Poetry Reader
Jewel Walker
As Mime I
Marjorie Walker
As Office Woman
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