"In San Francisco in 1957 Allen Ginsberg’s epochal (and enduring) poem Howl was put on trial for obscenity. Ron Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Life and Times of Harvey Milk) have made an intelligent, impassioned, multi-layered film about the trial, the poem and the poet as harbingers of social revolution in America. James Franco is uncannily right as the young Ginsberg. The film is built around his marvellous reading of the poem, seemingly unrehearsed, buoyed by an enthusiastic audience and the incantatory scramble of the poet’s words. Re-enacted scenes from the trial succinctly spell out the still-resonant debates. In an imagined interview Ginsberg muses on his own creative process and personal struggles. Passages from the poem are interpreted in bold, hallucinatory sequences of animation." (New Zealand International Film Festival 2010)
I apologise, we feel bad, but there's no trailer available. ~Ed.
Just been back there in the old Flicks' database for you - doing my darndest to find you some reviews to read, but couldn't find a thing! Turns out nobody has reviewed this film yet. We do apologise. ~Ed.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Friday, 1st Jan 2010.
Release date: January 1st 2010.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
