Allen Ginsberg Movies

  • 1968
    Chicago

    Chicago

    Chicago

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    UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot cinema verite style of the 1968 Democratic National...

    Chicago
  • 2006
    To John With Love

    To John With Love

    To John With Love

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    This was filmed on October 9, 1972 in Syracuse, N.Y., on John Lennon's Birthday; during Lennon/Yoko Ono concert at Madison Square Garden, August 30,...

    To John With Love
  • 1980
    Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

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    Paik produced this exuberant, high-speed collage as a commission for the National Fine Arts Committee of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. In a...

    Lake Placid '80
  • 2001
    New York in the Fifties

    New York in the Fifties

    New York in the Fifties

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    New York in the Fifties is the story of a unique time and place, when New York was the hotbed of new artistic expressions, free love, drinking, hot...

    New York in the Fifties
  • 1986
    Autumn Ritual

    Autumn Ritual

    Autumn Ritual

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    Artists, Philosophers, Musicians, Politicians and more offer their thoughts on Pro Football, in this 1986 film produced by NFL Films.

    Autumn Ritual
  • 2014
    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

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    Documentary about western popular music concerts as bearer tendencies of democracy and freedom in the Czechoslovak area in period 1965 - 1990. Unique...

    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
  • 1978
    Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

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    This film describes a psychological state "kin to moonstruck, its images emblems (not quite symbols) of suspension-of-self within consciousness and...

    Thot-Fal'N
  • 1990
    Summer of Love

    Summer of Love

    Summer of Love

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    Produced in collaboration with MICA-TV, Summer of Love is a public service announcement produced for the American Foundation for AIDS Research....

    Summer of Love
  • 2007
    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

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    5 psychedelic short films, broadcast on the French/German tv channel "arte" on 2007-07-16 "Be-In" USA 1967, 7 min "Beatles Electronique" USA...

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
  • 1980
    La marche gaie

    La marche gaie

    La marche gaie

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    A short documentary about the October 14 1979 March For Lesbian And Gay Rights in Washington D.C.

    La marche gaie
  • 1983
    This Song for Jack

    This Song for Jack

    This Song for Jack

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    In 1982, Robert Frank was on hand at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, to film the Jack Kerouac Conference, a 25th-anniversary commemoration...

    This Song for Jack
  • 1974
    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    Suite 212

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    Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a...

    Suite 212
  • 1968
    A.G.

    A.G.

    A.G.

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    Experimental film by Ugo Nespolo.

    A.G.
  • 2015
    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

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    Jon Aes-Nihil's experimental documentary about iconic Beat author William S. Burroughs' experiences using a stroboscopic device, known as the dream...

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
  • 2002
    American Magus

    American Magus

    American Magus

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    A documentary about the brilliant and versatile cult figure Harry Smith (1923-1991) – compiler of a famous three-part folk album, film-maker,...

    American Magus
  • 1995
    Van Gogh's Ear

    Van Gogh's Ear

    Van Gogh's Ear

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    A party hosted by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg inspired the director's award-winning graduation film Van Gogh's Ear, an experimental short featuring the...

    Van Gogh's Ear
  • 1989
    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

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    Izzy Young was the guru of American folk music. In this documentary covering his legendary Folklore Center in New York Izzy meets with friends and...

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
  • 1967
    Ah, Sunflower

    Ah, Sunflower

    Ah, Sunflower

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    Allen Ginsberg in Britain.

    Ah, Sunflower
  • 1973
    Pickup's Tricks

    Pickup's Tricks

    Pickup's Tricks

    01973HD

    Pickup's Tricks is a beat documentary of Hibiscus and the Cockettes, who were pioneers of San Francisco’s underground queer theater in the...

    Pickup's Tricks
  • 1984
    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

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    Longtime friends and frequent foils, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appeared onstage together countless times over the years, reading to audiences...

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes