Arena Brains

35m
Drama
3.8

A short film by painter-turned-filmmaker Robert Longo, "Arena Brains" is a series of interlocking vignettes set in and around the art world of 1980s New York City, satirizing the neuroses and eccentricities of this milieu.

Cast

Michael Stipe
The Watcher
Eric Bogosian
The Entertainer
Ray Liotta
The Artist
Richard Price
The Critic
Richard Schiff
Deli Man
Sean Young
Artist
Steve Buscemi
Wired Kid #1
Mark Boone Junior
Boyfriend
Ron Vawter
Man with Cigar
Anne DeSalvo
Successful Woman #1
Jodi Long
Successful Woman #2
Jessica Cardinale
Woman in Black Suit
Emily Prager
Lone Woman
Allyson Suprenant
Drunken Woman
Ginger Garrett
Yuppie
Dana Daffer
Tourist #1
Heather Pleasants
Tourist #2
Sammy Jade
Taxi Driver
Tom Gilroy
Artist
Peggy Atkinson
Wife
E. Max Frye
Man in Hotel Room
Kirk Baltz
Wired Kid #2

Crew

Robert Longo
Director, Writer
Eric Bogosian
Writer
E. Max Frye
Writer
Emily Prager
Writer
Richard Price
Writer
Rick Feist
Editor
Anthony Jannelli
Cinematography
Jonathan Bender
Producer
Victoria Hamburg
Producer
Stuart Arbright
Music Director
Pamela Woodbridge
Art Direction

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