He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)

★ 8.2 2h 29m IMDb
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A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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Cast

Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger as Self (archive footage) Died 2023 · Santa Monica, California, USA Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemeyer; February 3, 1927 - May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced al...
Adolfo Arrieta
Adolfo Arrieta as Self (archive footage) Age 83 · Madrid, Spain Adolfo González Arrieta is a spanish filmmaker, considered as the pioneer of independent film both in Spain and France, due to the artisan quality and the unique spirit of freedom of his films. He usu...
Donatas Banionis
Donatas Banionis as Self (archive footage) Died 2014 · Kaunas, Lithuania Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Lithuanian actor. He is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuani...
Robert Breer
Robert Breer as Self (archive footage) Died 2011 · Detroit, Michigan, USA Born in 1926 in Detroit, Robert Breer has spent fifty years building up a totally atypical body of work which plays with different genres and abolishes the notions of space and time. Starting off as...
Pola Chapelle
Pola Chapelle as Self (archive footage) Died 2021 · Hudson, New York, USA Pola Chapelle was born on December 18, 1935 in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA. She is known for her work on Windflowers (1968), The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965) and Goodbye in the Mirro...
Shirley Clarke
Shirley Clarke as Self (archive footage) Died 1997 · New York City, New York, USA A major figure of the American avant garde, Shirley Brimberg Clarke (1919-1997) was born into privilege as the daughter of Polish-Jewish immigrants who made their fortune in manufacturing. Rebelling a...
Director Jonas Mekas
Cast Kenneth Anger, Adolfo Arrieta, Donatas Banionis, Peter Beard, Robert Breer, Pola Chapelle, Shirley Clarke, Gregory Corso, Miles Davis, Willard Van Dyke

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