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.
Frances StillmanBarbaraBen CarruthersBenAdolfas MekasGregoryArgus Spear JuillardArgusFrank KuenstlerFrankLouis BriganteLuis
Sudie BondSudieLeonard HicksLeonardMelvin ClayMan Looking for Job
George MaciunasMan with TheorboTina StoumenGirl on SwingBarbara TuckerWoman with Child
Allen GinsbergSelf (voice)Anne FlannaganPregnant WomanSterling JensenMime II
Sudie BondSudieLeonard HicksLeonardMelvin ClayMan Looking for JobGeorge MaciunasMan with TheorboTina StoumenGirl on SwingBarbara TuckerWoman with ChildAllen GinsbergSelf (voice)Anne FlannaganPregnant WomanSterling JensenMime II
