The Source (1999)
Retrace les Beats depuis la rencontre d'Allen Ginsberg et Jack Kerouac en 1944 à l'Université de Columbia jusqu'à la mort de Ginsberg et William S. Burroughs en 1997. Trois acteurs proposent des interprétations dramatiques du travail de ces trois écrivains, et le film relate leurs amitiés, leur arrivée dans la conscience américaine, leurs voyages, les parodies fréquentes, la mort de Kerouac et la politisation de Ginsberg. Leur mouvement se connecte au bebop, à la musique de John Cage, à l'expressionnisme abstrait et au théâtre vivant. Dans des interviews récentes, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders et d'autres mesurent la signification et l'impact des Beats.
Directeur: Chuck Workman
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Johnny Depp as Jack Kerouac |
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Dennis Hopper as William S. Burroughs |
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John Turturro as Allen Ginsberg |
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Allen Ginsberg as Self (archive footage) |
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William S. Burroughs as Self (archive footage) |
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Philip Glass as Self |
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Robert Creeley as Self |
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Ann Charters as Self |
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George Steade as Self |
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David Amram as Self |
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Ed Sanders as Self |
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Gregory Corso as Self |
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Kyle Roderick as Self |
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti as Self |
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Ken Kesey as Self |
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Gary Snyder as Self |
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Jerry Garcia as Self |
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Jack Micheline as Self |
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Michael McClure as Self |
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Stephen Ronan as Self |
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Philip Whalen as Self |
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Terry Southern as Self |
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Timothy Leary as Self |
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Paul Krassner as Self |
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Diane Di Prima as Self |
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Tom Hayden as Self |
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David Dellinger as Self |
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John Sampas as Self |
| Writing | Chuck Workman | Writers' Production |
| Production | James Cady | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Sound |
| Production | Mark Apostolon | Associate Producer |
| Sound | David Amram | Sound |
| Directing | Chuck Workman | Director |