The Source

Mittwoch, 26 September

The Source

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THE SOURCE    2000
Directed by Chuck Workman
88 minutes
In English

This wild documentary traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting at Columbia University in 1944 straight through their crescendo in the 60s and into their deaths in the 70s, 80s and 90s. It's a montage of an era, focusing from time to time on the individual lives of Kerouac, Burroughs and Ginsberg, and then stepping back to put those wild lives into a context. The Source uses some priceless footage of the seminal beat poets, along with wonderful archival material featuring Amiri Baraka, Lenny Bruce, Walter Cronkite, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Philip Glass, Billie Holiday, Bob Hope, Robert F. Kennedy, Ken Kesey, Martin Luther King, John Leguizamo, Norman Mailer, Steve Martin, Groucho Marx and Henry Rollins. This is by far the best documentary made about the visionary souls who would create the Beat generation.

Then, on top of all this priceless archival material we have three actors who have been influenced by the Beat movement, who read the original texts while acting out the personas of the original writers. The legendary Dennis Hopper recites Burroughs, John Turturro Ginsberg's Howl, and Johnny Depp dives deep into the role of Jack Kerouac. A classic documentary.

Datum & Zeit: 

Mittwoch, 26 September, 2018 - 20:00

Kategorie: 

  • Film

Preis: 

2,50 euro (please bring exact change)
De Kring
Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen
7-9
Niederlande

Wegbeschreibung: 

basically at the Leidseplein, across from De Balie

Weekly programme of film screenings in a circuit of underground / self-organised venues. Forgotten movies that should have been classics, neglected flics, lesser-known gems, always with a personal introduction by the programmer. All films in English, or with English subtitles.

Kategorien: 

  • Film

Öffnungszeiten : 

mostly Sunday to Thursday at about 7 different underground locations.