Summary
Interweaves iconic photos, drawings, firsthand accounts, and dramatic reenactments to recreate life at the "Beat Hotel," a cheap no-name Parisian hotel which served from 1957 to 1963 as a haven for members of the Beat generation, a new breed of artists struggling to free themselves from the conformity and censorship of America.Additional Information
| Subjects |
American literature
-- 20th century
-- History and criticism.
Beats (Persons) -- France -- Paris. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris. Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century. Bohemianism -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century. Hotels -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century. Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Quartier latin (Paris, France) -- History. Documentary films. Historical films. Biographical films. Nonfiction films. |
| Publisher | [New York] :First Run Features,2012 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Govenar, Alan B.,
1952- Hatchett, Alan. Hussey, Kit. Kasten, Andrew. Mitchell, Matt. Irion, Nick. Documentary Arts, Inc. First-Run Features (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Kit Hussey (William Burroughs), Andrew Kasten (Harold Chapman), Matt Mitchell (Gregory Corso), Nick Irion (Ian Sommerville). |
| Other Contributors |
Editor, Alan Hatchett ; cinematographers, Didier Dorant, Bob Tullier ; original music, Daniel M. Cavanagh, Daniel Cicourel Hanley. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Program content: c2011. Originally released in 2012 as a documentary film. Special features: Harold Chapman discusses his photography (short film); The dream machine (short film); William S. Burroughs and Ian Sommerville (deleted scene); art gallery : drawings by Elliot Rudie; about AIan Govenar; film gallery. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |