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.
Director:
Writer:
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
Arena Brains (1987) - RARE 80's VIDEO - Starring Ray Liota, Steve Buscemi And Michael Stipe