The Source
The Source

The Source

5.4

1 hr 28 min

1999-01-23

14

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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Characters

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Jack Kerouac

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

William S. Burroughs

John Turturro

John Turturro

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

Self (archive footage)

Philip Glass

Philip Glass

Self

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