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The Writers Guild at Bloomington presents a film screening series celebrating the centenary of Beat Generation icon Allen Ginsberg. The series was curated by Joan Hawkins and Tony Brewer.All films will be screened at the Monroe County Public Library Auditorium.
SCHEDULE:
June 3 (W): 5-6:30 PM
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1993, 84 min., dir. Jerry Aronson)
Documentary about Ginsberg up to 1993. He died in 1997 and Aronson updated the ending to reference his passing.
"Fiercely funny and moving."
--Rolling Stone
"Splendid! A great American story."
--Los Angeles Times
"A very rich slice of cultural history, lovingly presented."
--Boston Globe
June 13 (SAT): 4-5:30 PM
Chappaqua (1967, 82 min., dir. Conrad Rooks)
Based on Conrad Rooks' experiences with drug addiction and includes cameo appearances by William S. Burroughs, Swami Satchidananda, Allen Ginsberg, Moondog, Ornette Coleman, The Fugs, and Ravi Shankar, who composed the score.
Detailed review:
https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2501
June 20 (SAT): 3:30-5:45 PM
K*ll Your Darlings (2013, 104 min., dir. John Krokidas)
Mainstream account of the college days of some of the early members of the Beat Generation (Lucien Carr, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac), their interactions, and Carr's killing of his long-time friend David Kammerer in Riverside Park in Manhattan. Daniel Radcliffe plays Ginsberg, Ben Foster as Burroughs.
"A mysterious Beat Generation footnote is fleshed out with skilled performances, darkly poetic visuals and a vivid rendering of 1940s academia in K*ll Your Darlings."
--Variety
ALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997) is a major poet of the Beat Generation. Copies of his HOWL poetry chapbook (City Lights, 1956) were seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police on 25 March 1957, provoking the cultural warfare that threatened to disrupt the placidity of postwar American suburban life. 70 years since the publication of HOWL, Allen Ginsberg is an established American cultural icon whose relevance is greater than ever.
More about Allen Ginsberg at the AG Poetry Project:
https://allenginsberg.org/
More about the Writers Guild at Bloomington:
https://writersguildbloomington.com/
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Monroe County Public Library (Indiana), 315 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408-3534, United States
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