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of their inner circle (later, a second would occur, though Burroughs never was charged w/shooting his wife between the eyes during a party).
Poorly cast, poorly written.
Someone should have killed the producers, director, writers, actors.
Pretentious shit.
I found it of interest, particularly as I have read all of these peoples' work, and have read of their lives as well.
As a kind of origin story of the Beat Generation, this is not far from factual. I found it interesting to see the young Ginsberg and Carr portrayed, and I thought the performances were OK, particularly Ginsberg.
There were some appalling choices made- particularly the very 2010s alt-rock song played during the library caper. That certainly pulls the viewer right out of the 1940s for no apparent reason.
It is kind of a Reader's Digest condensed Beat Generation, but I enjoyed it on that level.
and Ginz had that in spades.
Agree on the New Wave music: it wasn't just where you mentioned, it was throughout.
I hear he has been in some British children's movies, but that's about it.
attempting to leave behind his child-like persona. Unfortunately, he doesn't possess much gravitas for serious drama. Perhaps light comedy would be a better match? But a Jewish radical intellectual? Nah, that's some serious miscasting.
Oh well, "could" have been good. Thanks for the heads up.
ET
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