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

Gregory

Argus
Frank
Luis
Sudie

Leonard
Man Looking for Job
Man with Theorbo

Girl on Swing
Woman with Child
Self (voice)

Pregnant Woman
Mime II
Man at the Desk
Poetry Reader
Mime I
Office Woman