Arena Brains
35min

Drama

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

Release date

1st Oct 1987

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English

Arena Brains 35min