24 Mar 1999
Cookie's Fortune
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Guns of the Trees
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.
Top Billed Cast
Frances Stillman Barbara
Ben Carruthers Ben
Adolfas Mekas Gregory
Argus Spear Juillard Argus
Frank Kuenstler Frank
Sudie Bond Sudie
Leonard Hicks Leonard
Tina Stoumen Girl on Swing
Barbara Tucker Woman with Child
Allen Ginsberg Self (voice)
Anne Flannagan Pregnant Woman
Sterling Jensen Mime II
Marvin Karpatkin Man at the Desk
Stuart Perkoff Poetry Reader
Jewel Walker Mime I
Marjorie Walker Office Woman
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