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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23 December 1986
Plumber Martin and his younger colleague Frank are on call on Christmas Eve of all days. Frank's girlfriend Regina, who is expecting her first baby at any moment, is anything but thrilled.
24 June 1986
In this film, Humbert is on the trail of his own history. Wolfsgrub is the name of the house where Humbert's mother lives, and though she is getting on in years, she becomes young again as she answers her son's questions.
01 January 1986
A film portrait that falls somewhere between a painting and a prose poem, a look at a woman’s daily routines and thoughts via an exploration of her as a “character”.
01 January 1986
This film deals with the contrasts of the Wilhelminian era in Berlin: the splendor of the monarchy, the economic and intellectual vitality of the up-and-coming imperial capital on the one hand, and the misery of the proletarians in the tenements on the other.
28 July 1986
Playwright and director Nils Wijn brings his relationship issues to the stage. In his play "The Whore, the Virgin, and the Dying Man," he has his girlfriend Tessa appear in revealing lingerie and takes her to a real prostitute for some practical lessons.
15 August 1986
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself.
09 July 1986
The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James, a newcomer to the village, who is an enthusiastic bandsman from the north, where they do these things properly.
27 March 1986
Maria since childhood was directed by her father to become a nun. As a result of her father's cultivation of a rigid appreciation, Maria always feels awkward, including the delinquency that is common for a girl.
15 November 1986
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