Guns of the Trees (1961)

Directed by

Jonas Mekas

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young couples in New York navigate personal and social struggles. The film interweaves their stories with poetry readings and folk music.

meditativemelancholicpoeticintimateslow-pacedreflectivebleakexperimental

What happens

Guns of the Trees is a 1962 American black-and-white film by Jonas Mekas. It follows two young couples – Barbara and Gregory (Frances Stillman and Adolfas Mekas) and Argus and Ben (Argus Spear Juillard and Ben Carruthers). The film features an original musical score by Lucia Dlugoszewski and also folk songs by Sara Wiley, Caither Wiley and Tom Sankey. It also features Allen Ginsberg reading his poetry. George Maciunas makes a short appearance in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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