He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (Movie)

1986 / Director: Jonas Mekas / Avg Rating: 8 out of 10

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) (Movie) (13)

Jonas Mekas...Self / Narrator

Robert Breer...Self

Hollis Frampton...Self

Allen Ginsberg...Self

Ken Jacobs...Self

Peter Kubelka...Self

Adolfas Mekas...Self

Oona Mekas...Self

Hollis Melton...Self

Hermann Nitsch...Self

Nam June Paik...Self

P. Adams Sitney...Self

Andy Warhol...Self
Birth of a Nation (1997) (Movie) (13)

Kenneth Anger...Himself

Robert Breer...Himself

Shirley Clarke...Herself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Ken Jacobs...Himself

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Jim McBride...Himself

Adolfas Mekas...Himself

Oona Mekas...Herself

Hermann Nitsch...Himself

P. Adams Sitney...Himself

Willard Van Dyke...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1969) (Movie) (12)

Andy Warhol...Self

Allen Ginsberg...Self

John Lennon...Self

Yōko Ono...Self

Shirley Clarke...Self

Ken Jacobs...Self

Peter Kubelka...Self

Adolfas Mekas...Self

Jonas Mekas...Self

Hans Richter...Self

P. Adams Sitney...Self

Richard Foreman...Self
Happy Birthday to John (1997) (Movie) (7)

John Lennon...Himself

Yōko Ono...Herself

Andy Warhol...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Shirley Clarke...Herself

Miles Davis...Himself

George Maciunas...Himself
Jonas in the Desert (1994) (Movie) (6)

Kenneth Anger...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Ken Jacobs...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Yōko Ono...Herself

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011) (Movie) (5)

Robert Breer...Himself

Ken Jacobs...Himself

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Hans Richter...Himself (archive footage)
Galaxie (1966) (Movie) (5)

George Kuchar...Himself

Mike Kuchar...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Shirley Clarke...Herself
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance (2017) (Movie) (5)

Yōko Ono...Self

Jonas Mekas...Self

John Lennon...Self

George Maciunas...Self

Andy Warhol...Self
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007) (Movie) (5)

Richard Foreman...Himself

Ken Jacobs...Himself

George Kuchar...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) (Movie) (5)

Pola Chapelle...Herself

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Adolfas Mekas...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Hollis Melton...Herself
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990) (Movie) (5)

Andy Warhol...Self

Allen Ginsberg...Self

John F. Kennedy, Jr....Self

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self
Untitled Nam June Paik Documentary (Movie) (5)

Yōko Ono...Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Jonas Mekas...Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)

George Maciunas...Self (archive footage)
Bill's Hat (1967) (Movie) (4)

George Kuchar...

Shirley Clarke...

Ken Jacobs...

Richard Foreman...
Cinématon (1978) (Movie) (4)

Marcel Hanoun...N°60

Peter Kubelka...N°295

Mike Kuchar...N°1085

Jonas Mekas...N°1590
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus (2018) (Movie) (4)

Yōko Ono...Self

Jonas Mekas...Self

George Maciunas...Self (archive footage)

Nam June Paik...Self (archive footage)
It Came from Kuchar (2009) (Movie) (4)

George Kuchar...Self

Mike Kuchar...Self

Jonas Mekas...Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) (Movie) (4)

Peter Beard...Self

Ken Jacobs...Self

Adolfas Mekas...Self

Jonas Mekas...Self
Notes on Marie Menken (2006) (Movie) (4)

Kenneth Anger...Himself

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)
Paradise Not Yet Lost (aka Oona's Third Year) (1979) (Movie) (4)

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Oona Mekas...Herself

Hermann Nitsch...Himself
Tapes (2020) (Movie) (4)

Jonas Mekas...

Peter Kubelka...

Nam June Paik...

Yōko Ono...
This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography (1999) (Movie) (4)

Jacqueline Kennedy...Herself

John F. Kennedy, Jr....Himself

Lee Radziwill...Herself

Andy Warhol...Himself
Underground New York (1968) (Movie) (4)

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Shirley Clarke...Herself

Adolfas Mekas...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
A Matter of Baobab (1970) (Movie) (3)

Jonas Mekas...

Adolfas Mekas...

Pola Chapelle...
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965) (Movie) (3)

Allen Ginsberg...Self

Jonas Mekas...Self

Yōko Ono...Self
Award (1992) (Movie) (3)

George Kuchar...Himself

Mike Kuchar...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol (1976) (Movie) (3)

John Lennon...

Yōko Ono...

Andy Warhol...
Going Home (1972) (Movie) (3)

Pola Chapelle...Herself

Adolfas Mekas...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Guns of the Trees (1961) (Movie) (3)

Adolfas Mekas...Gregory

George Maciunas...Man with Theorbo

Allen Ginsberg...Self (voice)
How the Beatles Changed the World (2017) (Movie) (3)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg...Himself (archive footage)
Imagine (1972) (Movie) (3)

John Lennon...Himself

Yōko Ono...Herself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Journey to Lithuania (1971) (Movie) (3)

Adolfas Mekas...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Hollis Melton...Herself
Meet The Kuchar Brothers (2006) (Movie) (3)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...

Jonas Mekas...
Persistence of Vision (1984) (Movie) (3)

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Nam June Paik...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus (2011) (Movie) (3)

Jonas Mekas...

Yōko Ono...

Nam June Paik...
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997) (Movie) (3)

Gregory Corso...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch (2005) (Movie) (3)

Hermann Nitsch...himself

Peter Kubelka...himself

George Maciunas...himself
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (Movie) (3)

Jonas Mekas...Self

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That Summer (2017) (Movie) (3)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Peter Beard...Self

Lee Radziwill...Self
The Velvet Underground (2021) (Movie) (3)

Jonas Mekas...Self

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair (2004) (Movie) (3)

Allen Ginsberg...Himself (archive footage)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself (archive footage)
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) (Movie) (3)

Jonas Mekas...

Nam June Paik...Tom

P. Adams Sitney...
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman (1995) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...

Nam June Paik...
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert) (2019) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...

Adolfas Mekas...
A Poet from the Lower East Side (1997) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Agnelli (2017) (Movie) (2)

Jacqueline Kennedy...Self (archive footage)

Lee Radziwill...Self
All Star Video (1985) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)

Nam June Paik...Self
Anger Me (2006) (Movie) (2)

Kenneth Anger...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...Herself - Artist

John Lennon...Himself - Musician (archive footage)
Apotheosis (1970) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...

Yōko Ono...
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (1965) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground (2018) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...

Richard Foreman...
Beatles Biggest Secrets (2004) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...

Yōko Ono...
Beatles, The Journey (2008) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Guitar Vocal

Yōko Ono...
Beautiful Darling (2010) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Peter Beard...Self
Beaver Fever (1974) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...Hunk

Mike Kuchar...
Bed Peace (1969) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself

Yōko Ono...Herself
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1971) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Self

John Lennon...Self
Chronicles (1969) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin (2011) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Ken Jacobs...Himself
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (2008) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...

Yōko Ono...
Confessions of Babette (1963) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...Leonard
Couch (1964) (Movie) (2)

Gregory Corso...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself
Cult of the Cubicles (1987) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...Himself

Mike Kuchar...Himself
Death Scenes 2 (1992) (Movie) (2)

Jacqueline Kennedy...Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album (2016) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself (archive footage)
Dirt (1965) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...

Andy Warhol...Self
Divine Trash (1998) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...Himself

Mike Kuchar...Himself
Doctor Who: Origins (2006) (Movie) (2)

Jacqueline Kennedy...(archival footage)

John Lennon...(archival footage)
Domain of the Pixel Pixies (1998) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...Himself

Mike Kuchar...Himself
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself (archive footage)
Empire (1965) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...Self (uncredited)

Andy Warhol...Self (uncredited)
Faces of November (1964) (Movie) (2)

John F. Kennedy, Jr....Self (uncredited)

Jacqueline Kennedy...Self (uncredited)
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness (1989) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
Filmmakers (1969) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Gregory Corso...HImself
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (1989) (Movie) (2)

Gregory Corso...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground (1983) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...Himself

Mike Kuchar...Himself
George und Mike Kuchar (1977) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...Self

Mike Kuchar...Self
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's 'Imagine' Album (2000) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self

Yōko Ono...Self
Halston (2019) (Movie) (2)

Jacqueline Kennedy...Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
Hanratty: The Whole Truth (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self (archive footage)
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan (1964) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...

Nam June Paik...
Imagine Imagine (2003) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self

Yōko Ono...Self
Imagine: John Lennon (1988) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized (2003) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self (archive footage)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself (archive footage)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon (2020) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self (archive footage)
Joan of Arc (1967) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...

Andy Warhol...
John & Yoko's Year of Peace (2000) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...himself

Yōko Ono...herself
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky (2018) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self
John F. Kennedy: A Personal Story (1996) (Movie) (2)

Jacqueline Kennedy...Herself

John F. Kennedy, Jr....Himself
John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song (2006) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...as Himself

Yōko Ono...as Herself
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band: Sweet Toronto (1971) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...Self

John Lennon...Self
John Lennon: Live In New York City (1986) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need (2010) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...Herself

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)
Kyoko (2017) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself (archive footage)
Langlois (1970) (Movie) (2)

Henri Langlois...Self

Kenneth Anger...Self
LennoNYC (2010) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself

Yōko Ono...Herself
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (2003) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self (archive footage)
Lennon's Last Weekend (2020) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Self (archive footage)
Let It Be (1970) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (The Beatles) (uncredited)

Yōko Ono...Self (uncredited)
Lions Love (1969) (Movie) (2)

Shirley Clarke...Herself

Andy Warhol...Himself (uncredited)
Lust for Ecstasy (1964) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...Father Nelson

Mike Kuchar...
My Conversations on Film (2013) (Movie) (2)

Marcel Hanoun...Himself

Jonas Mekas...Himself
Nitsch (2018) (Movie) (2)

Hermann Nitsch...

Jonas Mekas...
No. 18: Mahagonny (1980) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...

Jonas Mekas...
Oh Hi Anne (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...Himself

Mike Kuchar...Himself
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s (1989) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
Pink Floyd London '66-'67 (1967) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self (uncredited)

Yōko Ono...Self (uncredited)
Poem Posters (1967) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself
Portrait of Ramona (1971) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
Pull My Daisy (1959) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Allen

Gregory Corso...Gregory
Quartet Number One (1991) (Movie) (2)

Ken Jacobs...

Jonas Mekas...
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas (2016) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...Self

Ken Jacobs...
River Windows (1966) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special (1992) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...Herself

John Lennon...Himself
Rome Is Burning (Portrait of Shirley Clarke) (1970) (Movie) (2)

Shirley Clarke...Shirley Clarke

Yōko Ono...Yoko Ono
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes (1964) (Movie) (2)

Nam June Paik...

Allen Ginsberg...
The Creeping Crimson (1987) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
The Day John Lennon Died (2010) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself
The John Lennon Sketchbook (1986) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...himself

Yōko Ono...herself
The John Lennon Video Collections - 1992 (1992) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...

Yōko Ono...
The Kennedy Detail (2010) (Movie) (2)

John F. Kennedy, Jr....Himself (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy...Herself (archive footage)
The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot (2004) (Movie) (2)

Jacqueline Kennedy...

John F. Kennedy, Jr....
The Last Lennon Interview (2015) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself (archive footage)
The One to One Concert (1972) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...as himself

Yōko Ono...as herself
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself - The Dirty Mac

Yōko Ono...Herself
The Rolling Stones: Cocksucker Blues (1972) (Movie) (2)

Lee Radziwill...Herself (as Princess Radziwill)

Andy Warhol...Himself
The Secret of Wendel Samson (1966) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...Wendel Samson (voice)
The Shadow Glass (1976) (Movie) (2)

Mike Kuchar...

George Kuchar...
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself
The Universe of Keith Haring (2008) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...Self

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
This Song for Jack (1983) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...

Gregory Corso...
True Blue and Dreamy (1974) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
Two Virgins (1968) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...

Yōko Ono...
Uncle Howard (2017) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
Up Your Legs Forever (1971) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...

Yōko Ono...
Urchins of Ungawa (1994) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante (1977) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Self

Yōko Ono...Self
Vain Glory (1986) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...Yōko Ono

John Lennon...John Lennon
Video Album 5: The Thursday People (1987) (Movie) (2)

George Kuchar...

Mike Kuchar...
Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)

Jonas Mekas...Himself
What is Cinema? (2013) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...Self

Ken Jacobs...Self
Who Gets to Call It Art? (2006) (Movie) (2)

Jonas Mekas...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010) (Movie) (2)

John Lennon...Himself (archive footage)

Yōko Ono...Herself
Wholly Communion (1965) (Movie) (2)

Gregory Corso...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)
Windflowers (1968) (Movie) (2)

Pola Chapelle...Julie

Adolfas Mekas...Card Player
Yoko Ono: Then and Now (1984) (Movie) (2)

Yōko Ono...Self

John Lennon...Self
Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus) (1992) (Movie) (2)

George Maciunas...

Jonas Mekas...

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