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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986 · 149 min

A drifting, intimate scrapbook of faces and moments that asks for patience and rewards it with quiet, accumulating tenderness.

Directed by
Jonas Mekas
Genres
Documentary
Overview
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
How it feels
Melancholic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Memory, art, friendship, death
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension1
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jonas Mekas
Written by
Jonas Mekas
Starring
Kenneth Anger, Adolfo Arrieta, Donatas Banionis, Peter Beard, Robert Breer, Pola Chapelle, Shirley Clarke, Gregory Corso
Runtime
149 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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