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- 2004
- TV-14
- 1 h 22 m
- 2004
- TV-14
- 1 h 22 m
Summary This 1992 documentary examines the life of visionary poet Allen Ginsberg.
Directed By: Jerry Aronson
- 2004
- TV-14
- 1 h 22 m
- 2004
- TV-14
- 1 h 22 m
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (re-release)
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Summary This 1992 documentary examines the life of visionary poet Allen Ginsberg.
Directed By: Jerry Aronson
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
59
33% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
His readings of his own work are especially thoughtful, moving, and provocative in the best possible ways.
A meticulously-researched chunk of underground Americana that traces the poet's full life from his rather dysfunctional childhood (beneath the hoary shadow of his mentally ill mother) to his meetings and eventual friendships with Kerouac, Burroughs, Neal Cassady and other Beat luminaries. (Review of Original Release)
Strictly routine as filmmaking, adhering fairly consistently to the sound-bite approach. But given the subject, there's still a great deal of interest here about the life, art, milieu, and political activity of Ginsberg. (Review of Original Release)
A refreshingly straightforward, conventional approach to the documentary form. (Review of Original Release)
Is it scintillating, nutty, madly inspired or ecstatically preposterous? Ginsberg himself is all these things, but this movie is not. (Review of Original Release)
Slowly devolves to the inept "warm bodies shine together in the darkness."
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Production Company
1515 Productions Limited,
American Masters Pictures,
American Masters,
Artemis Rising Productions,
Bay Bottom News,
Crew Neck Productions,
DOC Film Institute,
Dakota Group,
DeepFocus Productions Inc.,
Eagle Rock Entertainment,
High Line Productions,
Historic Music Library,
ITVS International,
KQED Public Broadcasting,
Malpaso Productions,
Merrywidow Films,
NGL Studios,
On-Screen Entertainment,
Perfect Day Films,
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS),
RPM Television Productions,
Rainy Mountain Media,
Raven Rouge,
Red Envelope Entertainment,
Spy Pond Productions,
Steeplechase Films,
Submarine Entertainment,
Thirteen / WNET,
Thirteen Productions,
Thirteen for WNET.org,
Thirteen/WNET Communications Group,
Turner Entertainment,
Twin Cities Public Television Inc.,
UnLadyLike Productions,
Vision Maker Media,
Vulcan Productions,
Yap Films
Release Date Aug 20, 2004
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating TV-14
Genres
Awards
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
