He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1985)

This rapid-fire, avant-garde look at the world of director Jonas Mekas is filmed like a Sesame Street episode for adults. Not one of its more than 100 vignettes lasts longer than two minutes, and many are just 30 seconds in length. Notables such as Roberto Rossellini, Elia Kazan, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Allen Ginsberg and Jacqueline Onassis, among many others, are captured in brief clips.