Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Biography

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A Ferlinghetti Poem
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Self - Poet

1984-01-01 8

Merton: A Film Biography

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spi ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1978-04-26 7.636

The Last Waltz

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Mo ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2008-09-26 5

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch" to publication. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1965-12-31 6.1

Wholly Communion

A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale "happening", with the world's leading Beat poets together und ...
Genre :

2003-01-01 0

The Last Tears from Planet Earth

A visionary voyage in a deserted land where the human race is a distant memory. This fusion of live footage, mirror photography and computer animation set to the pulse of electronic music of Lorenzo B ...
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Self

1999-01-23 5.192

The Source

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 ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Self

2009-04-01 5

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti helped shape the currents of poetry and literature wi ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1967-02-01 5

Be-In

Captures the spirit and essence of the great San Francisco Human Be-In of January 14, 1967. Ten thousand people imbued with peace, love and euphoria. Set to hard rock such as only San Francisco blues ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

himself

2022-11-27 0

The Beat Bomb

Genre :Documentary

Narrator (voice)

1958-04-22 0

Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses?

Documentary about a rubbish dump by Allen Willis, Philip Greene, and David Myers. ...
Genre :Documentary

Se stesso

2001-10-22 7.5

Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat

Genre :Documentary

1965-01-01 0

Goldmouth

Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti shows the walk he often took from his house in Portero Hill to his bookstore, City Lights in North Beach. Wine, women and a Gold Mask are intercut with color, black-and-whit ...
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Minister

2005-11-07 0

The War Prayer

"In 1904, disgusted by the aftermath of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War, Mark Twain wrote a short anti-war prose poem called "The War Prayer." His family begged him ...
Genre :War, History

Self

1970-03-26 7.5

Woodstock

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the ...
Genre :Documentary, History, Music

Voiceover

2005-05-22 5.2

The Joy of Life

A blending of documentary and experimental narrative strategies, combining stunning 16mm landscape cinematography with a bold, lyrical voice-over to share two San Francisco stories: the history of the ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1997-10-11 0

On the Road to Desolation

Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956 he spent spent 63 soul-searching days as a fire-watcher on Washington state's Desolation Peak. Afte ...
Genre :Documentary, History