22 February 1986 Factual 149 mins
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
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Kenneth Anger as Self (archive footage)
Adolfo Arrieta as Self (archive footage)
Donatas Banionis as Self (archive footage)
Peter Beard as Self (archive footage)
Robert Breer as Self (archive footage)
Pola Chapelle as Self (archive footage)
Shirley Clarke as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Corso as Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis as Self (archive footage)
Willard Van Dyke as Self (archive footage)
Richard Foreman as Self (archive footage)
Hollis Frampton as Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg as Self (archive footage)
Marcel Hanoun as Self (archive footage)
Ken Jacobs as Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life Trailer
United States 22 February 1986
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