Arena Brains (1987)

Ray Liotta plays "The Artist"

Eric Bogosian plays performance artist listed as "The Entertainer"

In the section of the film titled "The Party"

Sean Young plays "artist"

Tom Gilroy plays"artist"

Ray Liotta as the artist pensively walking away from his friend who is an art critic, as his friend tells him "Why don't you design some t-shirts and designer watches" to pay his bills.

Ray Liotta as the artist standing in front of a projection preparing to trace the image

Ray Liotta as the artist standing in front of a projection preparing to trace the image during a dinner party 

Ray Liotta as the artist tracing a projected image on the wall of his apartment/studio where he is hosting a dinner party.

A young Michael Stipe makes an appearance as 'The Watcher'. In his only scene with any dialogue he orders a sandwich from a disgruntled deli clerk

A Short 30 minute film made by artist turned film maker Robert Longo. It attempts to satirise the New York Lower Manhattan art community in a series of vignettes (each by a different screenwriter)

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