Jerry Aronson, please contact me as I have several videos of Allen in early 80s as he did an album with our band in Denver. Not selling anything, just trying to help.
Nick Nixon
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A documentary tracing the life and work of Allen Ginsberg, the greatest of the Beat Generation poets.Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political activist and teacher-- Allen Ginsberg’s remarkable life challenged the very soul of America. For 25 years, Academy Award-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 120 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive and invaluable portrait of one of America’s greatest poets, author of HOWL and other ground-breaking poems. The DVD includes exclusive and revealing interviews with his friends, family and contemporaries, as well as never before seen materials made public because of the warm friendship that developed between Ginsberg and the filmmaker. This deluxe edition contains the Director’s Cut of the award-winning documentary that began filming in 1982 and is now complete, updated and re-mastered. Also included are many new interviews with the latest generation of artists influenced by Ginsberg. This compilation reveals the last 60 years of American culture beginning with the Beat era in the post war Forties and Fifties, continuing through the revolutionary Sixties and concluding with both the uncertainty and possibility of current times. The Life And Times Of Allen Ginsberg
Release Year: 1994 Duration: 82 min Availability:
Related: History, Music & Arts, Politics, Cinetic Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political activist and teacher-- Allen Ginsberg’s remarkable life challenged the very soul of America. For 25 years, Academy Award-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 120 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive and invaluable portrait of one of America’s greatest poets, author of HOWL and other ground-breaking poems. The DVD includes exclusive and revealing interviews with his friends, family and contemporaries, as well as never before seen materials made public because of the warm friendship that developed between Ginsberg and the filmmaker. This deluxe edition contains the Director’s Cut of the award-winning documentary that began filming in 1982 and is now complete, updated and re-mastered. Also included are many new interviews with the latest generation of artists influenced by Ginsberg. This compilation reveals the last 60 years of American culture beginning with the Beat era in the post war Forties and Fifties, continuing through the revolutionary Sixties and concluding with both the uncertainty and possibility of current times. Report a Technical Issue If you're having any difficulties viewing the film or have any playback-related technical questions, contact us using our general feedback page.
Comments Posted 10/13/09 by Nick Nixon
Jerry Aronson, please contact me as I have several videos of Allen in early 80s as he did an album with our band in Denver. Not selling anything, just trying to help.
Nick Nixon
Posted 10/13/09 by RoaroftheTiger
It’s NO doubt...That Ginsberg,"the Man” was a Giant.His Example epitomized All that was decent, about Humanity. Yet I had a Most Unusual “encounter"with Allen.
Posted 10/11/09 by john j dorfner
allen ginsberg for president… now that is something to Imagine. RIP ole friend. jj |
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