Jonas in the Desert (1994)

6.4/10 • 123 min • Documentary

Overview

Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of independent U.S. movies; founder and director of the New York Anthology Film Archive.

Cast

Diahnne Abbott

Kenneth Anger

Stan Brakhage

Allen Ginsberg

Dustin Hoffman

Ken Jacobs

Taylor Mead

Jonas Mekas

Paul Morrissey

Yoko Ono

Al Pacino

William Rice

Martin Scorsese

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

Nick Zedd

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