Howl
Oscilloscope Pictures (2010)
Animation, Biography, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#241
7*
Seen ItYes
(April 2013 Vermont Lake House)
629159044934
IMDB   6.7
90 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   US - R
James Franco Allen Ginsberg
Mary-Louise Parker Gail Potter
Jon Hamm Jake Ehrlich
Jeff Daniels Professor David Kirk
David Strathairn Ralph McIntosh
Treat Williams Mark Schorer
Alessandro Nivola Luther Nichols
Bob Balaban Judge Clayton Horn
Aaron Tveit Peter Orlovsky
Allen Ginsberg Himself
Todd Rotondi Jack Kerouac
Jon Prescott Neal Cassady
Sean Patrick Reilly Six Gallery
Alex Emanuel Six Gallery
Cecilia Foss Beatnik Poet
Andrew Rogers Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Allyson Reilly Six Gallery
Jeffrey Feingold Beat Poet
William Fowle Gallery Member
Dennis Hearn Gallery Member
Anna Kuchma Girl at the Reading of Howl
Johary Ramos Hustler
Heather Klar Jack's Girlfriend
Kaydence Frank Allen's Girlfriend
Joe Toronto Sailor
Nancy Spence Neal's Girlfriend
Jeff Daniels David Kirk
Allen Ginsberg Self
Paige Allen Six Gallery Audience Member
Nikki Borges Six Gallery Audience Member
Erica Leigh Boseski Six Gallery Audience Member
Deborah Bowman Six Gallery Audience Member
Olmo Cefa Six Gallery Audience Member
Margo Curry Six Gallery Audience Member
Alex Emanuel Six Gallery Audience Member
Director/Choreographer
Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Producer Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Lynn Appelle
Ken Bailey
Writer/Composer Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Allen Ginsberg
Cinematography Edward Lachman
Music Carter Burwell


It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 3/1/2013
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com
Purchase Price $6.59
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References
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Lists ‡ 175 Essential Films for GLBT Viewers from Advocate (6/23/2014)

Notes
Back in my youth (in my 20's), when I tried my hand at acting for a while, I was a member of a touring theatre group. One of my tour-de-force's was a a section of Howl. While I remember the staging of my performance-almost every turn and gesture, I can't recite the lines any more. I'm pretty sure they are not found in the film. And I had at the time little understanding of the significance of the poem itself. Sad to say, Allen Ginsberg is little appreciated by modern gay folk for his groundbreaking pre-Stonewall influence on the gay liberation movement. In 1957, when the events of the film took place, I was only a sophmore in high school.