
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.


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

Kenneth Anger
Self (archive footage)

Adolfo Arrieta
Self (archive footage)

Donatas Banionis
Self (archive footage)
Peter Beard
Self (archive footage)

Robert Breer
Self (archive footage)

Pola Chapelle
Self (archive footage)

Shirley Clarke
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Corso
Self (archive footage)

Miles Davis
Self (archive footage)

Willard Van Dyke
Self (archive footage)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life is a documentary film released in 1986 exploring themes of diary film. Directed by Jonas Mekas, it stars Kenneth Anger, Adolfo Arrieta, Donatas Banionis. A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
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