Status: Released
Released Date: 1986-02-22
Runtime: 149 mins
Director: Jonas Mekas
Writer: Jonas Mekas
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Production Companies:
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Kenneth Anger
Adolfo Arrieta
Donatas Banionis
Peter Beard
Robert Breer
Pola Chapelle
Shirley Clarke
Gregory Corso
Miles Davis
Willard Van Dyke
Richard Foreman
Hollis Frampton
Allen Ginsberg
Marcel Hanoun
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