Arena Brains
3.7
35 minutes
10/1/1987
Overview
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 List
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