The Source (TV)
1999 · Documentary · 88 min. · United States
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness, their travels, frequent parodies, Kerouac's death, and Ginsberg's politicization. Their movement connects with bebop, John Cage's music, abstract expressionism, and living theater. In recent interviews, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders, and others measure the Beats' meaning and impact.
Direction Chuck Workman
Cast Johnny Depp · Dennis Hopper · John Turturro
Soundtrack David Amram · Philip Glass
Screenplay Chuck Workman
Cinematography Andrew Dintenfass · Tom Hurwitz · Don Lenzer · Jose Louis Mignone · Nancy Schreiber
Original title The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (TV)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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