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The Source

The Source

1999 1h 28mDocumentaryHistory

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.

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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.

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biographywritergay themegay artist

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Chuck WorkmanChuck WorkmanDirector

Cast

Johnny DeppJohnny DeppJack Kerouac
Dennis HopperDennis HopperWilliam S. Burroughs
John TurturroJohn TurturroAllen Ginsberg
Allen GinsbergAllen GinsbergSelf (archive footage)
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. BurroughsSelf (archive footage)
Philip GlassPhilip GlassSelf
Robert CreeleySelf
Ann ChartersSelf
George SteadeSelf
David AmramDavid AmramSelf
Ed SandersSelf
Gregory CorsoSelf
Kyle RoderickSelf
Lawrence FerlinghettiSelf
Ken KeseyKen KeseySelf
Gary SnyderGary SnyderSelf
Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaSelf
Jack MichelineSelf

Director

Chuck Workman

Release date

23 Jan 1999

Runtime

1h 28m

Box office

$0.4M

Studio

Calliope Films, Thirteen

Language

English

Country

United States of America

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