Films
Guns of the Trees
Director: Jonas Mekas
Starring: Adolfas Mekas, Frances Stillman, Ben Carruthers, Argus Spear Juillard, Frank Kuenstler, Louis Brigante, Allen Ginsberg (narrator)
Year: 1961
Runtime: 75 mins.
Synopsis: A depressed woman, Barbara (Frances Stillman), is on the verge of suicide while a man (Adolfas Mekas) she meets in a church and a married couple (Ben Carruthers, Argus Spear Juillard) try to convince her that life is worth living.
DVD: Not Available. Print available for rental from the Film-makers’ Cooperative.
Official Website: None
Underground Film Timeline: 1960 — 1969
Video: None
Reviews: Roger Ebert
New York Times (Eugene Archer) (registration req’d)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
[...] the period of his life from 1964 to ’68. Previously, he directed the fictional narrative Guns of the Trees and a film documenting a performance of the Living Theater’s controversial play The Brig; as [...]