Guns of the Trees

A slow, poetic plunge into urban despair and existential unease, more meditation than story, asking you to sit with discomfort.

Directed by

Jonas Mekas

Genres

Drama

Starring

Frances Stillman, Ben Carruthers, Adolfas Mekas

Tagline

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

Overview

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.

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Isolation, death, identity, politics

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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