
Don’t take the poet’s anger for hysterics. When you hear a poet shouting, think about your own existence which is in danger.
1961 1 hour 25 minutesBarbara, 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.





28th February 1961
65 years ago
1 hour 25 minutes
Finishes at 6:09pm

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