Arena Brains (1987)
By Robert Longo
An extended short from painter-turned-filmmaker Robert Longo, who would later helm Johnny Mnemonic, Arena Brains consists of a series of interlocking vignettes set in New York City in the late 1980s. The stories – created by five different screenwriters, including Eric Bogosian, Richard Price, and Longo himself – are mostly loosely structured attempts at satirizing the neuroses and eccentricities of members of Lower Manhattan’s art community. Directed by Robert Longo Writing Credits (in alphabetical order) Eric Bogosian E. Max Frye Robert Longo Emily Prager Richard Price Cast Eric Bogosian Steve Buscemi Jessica Cardindale Tom Gilroy Ray Liotta Richard Price Richard Schiff Michael Stipe Sean Young
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