He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)

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

Self (archive footage)

Adolfo Arrieta

Self (archive footage)

Donatas Banionis

Self (archive footage)

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Peter Beard

Self (archive footage)

Robert Breer

Self (archive footage)

Pola Chapelle

Self (archive footage)

Shirley Clarke

Self (archive footage)

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Gregory Corso

Self (archive footage)

Miles Davis

Self (archive footage)

Willard Van Dyke

Self (archive footage)

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Richard Foreman

Self (archive footage)

Hollis Frampton

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

Marcel Hanoun

Self (archive footage)

Ken Jacobs

Self (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy, Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Peter Kubelka

Self (archive footage)

George Kuchar

Self (archive footage)

Mike Kuchar

Self (archive footage)

Henri Langlois

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

George Maciunas

Self (archive footage)

Jim McBride

Self (archive footage)

Adolfas Mekas

Self (archive footage)

Jonas Mekas

Self (archive footage)

Oona Mekas

Self (archive footage)

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Hollis Melton

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Nitsch

Self (archive footage)

Yoko Ono

Self (archive footage)

Nam June Paik

Self (archive footage)

Anthony Radziwill

Self (archive footage)

Lee Radziwill

Self (archive footage)

Hans Richter

Self (archive footage)

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P. Adams Sitney

Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

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