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not great but not bad...

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In Reply to: RE: "Kill Your Darlings:" care about Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs? There was a murder in their early days of one posted by tinear on December 08, 2013 at 12:15:37

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.

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I thought Ginsberg was very blandly casted. No balls, no ooomph---- - tinear 11:21:12 12/09/13 (2)
and Ginz had that in spades.
Agree on the New Wave music: it wasn't just where you mentioned, it was throughout.
- To be fair, the actor who played him was an unknown... - tunenut 10:23:11 12/10/13 (1)
  I hear he has been in some British children's movies, but that's about it.
  - He recently starred in an ultra-violence serial killer film, portraying the sadist. He appears to be violently - tinear 11:38:14 12/10/13 (0)
    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.

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