Arena Brains

Arena Brains

32 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1987

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.

Arena Brains

32 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1987

Arena Brains
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.
Producers Pressure Pictures
Original title Arena Brains
Directors Robert Longo
Writers Emily Prager, E. Max Frye, Robert Longo, Eric Bogosian, Richard Price

Cast

Michael Stipe

as The Watcher

Eric Bogosian

as The Entertainer

Ray Liotta

as The Artist

Richard Price

as The Critic

Richard Schiff

as Deli Man

Sean Young

as Artist

Steve Buscemi

as Wired Kid #1

Mark Boone Junior

as Boyfriend

Ron Vawter

as Man with Cigar

Anne DeSalvo

as Successful Woman #1

Jodi Long

as Successful Woman #2

Jessica Cardinale

as Woman in Black Suit

Emily Prager

as Lone Woman

Allyson Suprenant

as Drunken Woman

Ginger Garrett

as Yuppie

Dana Daffer

as Tourist #1

Heather Pleasants

as Tourist #2

Sammy Jade

as Taxi Driver

Tom Gilroy

as Artist

Peggy Atkinson

as Wife

E. Max Frye

as Man in Hotel Room

Kirk Baltz

as Wired Kid #2