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Guns of the Trees (1961)
Directed by Jonas Mekas
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.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Frances Stillman | Ben Carruthers | Adolfas Mekas | Argus Spear Juillard | Frank Kuenstler | Louis Brigante | Sudie Bond | Leonard Hicks | Melvin Clay | George Maciunas | Tina Stoumen | Barbara Tucker | Allen Ginsberg | Anne Flannagan | Sterling Jensen | Marvin Karpatkin | Stuart Perkoff | Jewel Walker | Marjorie Walker