Name: Guns of the Trees
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961-02-28
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Frances Stillman, Ben Carruthers, Adolfas Mekas, Argus Spear Juillard, Frank Kuenstler

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.