Heavy Petting (1989) more movies like this

directed by Obie Benz
featuring David Byrne, Sandra Bernhard, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs

Those of us who had to suffer such "instructional" films as Dating Do's and Don'ts in high school will be especially entertained by Heavy Petting. In the visually sarcastic manner of the nuclear-age documentary The Atomic Cafe, the film assembles masses of information and misinformation about teenage dating rituals of the 1950s. Clips from ...

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What Happened to Kerouac? (1986) more movies like this

directed by Lewis MacAdams, Richard Lerner
featuring Steve Allen, William S. Burroughs

This biographical documentary tackles the legend of Jack Kerouac, one of the foremost writers of the Beat Generation. Kerouac started a beat that goes on; he's still a major influence in contemporary literature and poetry. The author first broke into prominence with his famous stream-of-consciousness novel On the Road, which landed him in a very ...

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The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (2004) more movies like this

directed by Jerry Aronson
featuring Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Norman Mailer, Dr. Timothy Leary

In 1955, poet Allen Ginsberg summed up the greatest fears of his generation in a landmark poem appropriately titled "Howl." As a result of that defining piece of prose, Ginsberg would become an icon of the Beat Generation. Inspired by Ginsberg's powerful personality and captivating charisma as a performer, filmmaker Jerry Aronson procured every ...

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Chappaqua (1966) more movies like this

directed by Conrad Rooks
featuring Conrad Rooks, Jean-Louis Barrault, William S. Burroughs, Paula Pritchett, Allen Ginsberg

The bizarre hallucinations of a heroin addict in withdrawal provide the basis for this unstructured, autobiographical film by director Conrad Rooks. It begins as he arrives strung-out in Paris for a sleep-cure. As the strange visions begin, the story jumps haphazardly between reality and his dream-world memories of growing up in Chappaqua, New ...

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The Beat Generation: An American Dream (1987) more movies like this

directed by Janet Forman
featuring David Amram, Amiri Baraka, William S. Burroughs

In the U.S., in the 1950s, contemporary jazz was becoming more and more esoteric, and a small group of writers, poets and musicians who were hip to that beat were exploring the cracks in the American dream. Meanwhile, the Cold War and insistently cheerful and upbeat attitudes were being promoted by Dale Carnegie and his many imitators. America was ...

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Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles (1999) more movies like this

directed by Owsley Brown
featuring Paul Bowles, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs

More commonly known as the expatriate author of The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles actually first made his mark on the world as a composer. This documentary sets out to rediscover this forgotten master of 1930s American music. Shot in New York, Paris, and Tangiers, the film details his studies with Aaron Copland, and the time he missed a meeting with ...

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Gang of Souls (1989) more movies like this

directed by Maria Beatty
featuring William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell

This documentary by filmmaker Maria Beatty explores the lives, careers, and creative inspirations of the beat poets, forging insight into the minds of such artists as Gregory Corso, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, Allen Ginsberg, Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins. Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

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