Howl
March 14, 2011Howl
Call Number: DVD00931
by: Robert P Epstein; Jeffrey Friedman; Elizabeth Redleaf; Christine Kunewa Walker; James Franco; David Strathairn; Jon Hamm; Bob Balaban; Alessandro Nivola; Treat Williams; Mary-Louise Parker; Jeff Daniels; Carter Burwell; Allen Ginsberg; Eric Drooker; Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm); Werc Werk Works (Firm); Telling Pictures.; Rabbit Bandini Productions.; Radiant Cool (Firm); Oscilloscope Pictures;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [New York, NY] : Radiant Cool : Distributed by Oscilloscope Pictures, ©2010.
Notes: Originally released in 2010 (84 mins.); Composed from court records, interviews, and “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg; Special features: Audio commentary with James Franco, Rob Epstein, and Jeffrey Friedman ; Holy! Holy! Holy!: The making of “Howl” [featurette] (40 min.); Director’s research tapes-interviews with Ginsberg’s close friends and collaborators [featurette] (20 min.); Allen Ginsberg reads “Howl” at the Knitting Factory [featurette] (26 min.); James Franco reads “Howl” (25 min.);
Summary:“Every word in this film was spoken by the actual people portrayed. In that sense this film is like a documentary. In every other sense, it is different”-Title screen. In 1957, in San Francisco, poet Allen Ginsberg has just published “Howl.” This distinctive work immediately generates a great deal of controversy. Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been sued on charges of obscenity, as many feel the poem is simply too explicit for publication (it contains strong language and frank references to homosexuality). When prosecutor Ralph McIntosh and defender Jake Ehrlich go head to head in front of Judge Clayton Horn, freedom of expression hangs in the balance. For the author, filled with the heady joy of poetic success, the trial demands the courage of being Allen Ginsberg–himself.
Summary:“Every word in this film was spoken by the actual people portrayed. In that sense this film is like a documentary. In every other sense, it is different”-Title screen. In 1957, in San Francisco, poet Allen Ginsberg has just published “Howl.” This distinctive work immediately generates a great deal of controversy. Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been sued on charges of obscenity, as many feel the poem is simply too explicit for publication (it contains strong language and frank references to homosexuality). When prosecutor Ralph McIntosh and defender Jake Ehrlich go head to head in front of Judge Clayton Horn, freedom of expression hangs in the balance. For the author, filled with the heady joy of poetic success, the trial demands the courage of being Allen Ginsberg–himself.
OCLC #: 671816079
Added: March 14, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
