The Source (1999)
Volgt de Beats vanaf de ontmoeting van Allen Ginsberg en Jack Kerouac in 1944 aan de Columbia University tot aan de dood van Ginsberg en William S. Burroughs in 1997. Drie acteurs geven dramatische interpretaties van het werk van deze drie schrijvers, en de film beschrijft hun vriendschappen, hun aankomst in het Amerikaanse bewustzijn, hun reizen, frequente parodieën, de dood van Kerouac en de politisering van Ginsberg. Hun beweging sluit aan bij bebop, de muziek van John Cage, abstract expressionisme en levend theater. In recente interviews meten Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders en anderen de betekenis en impact van de Beats.
Regiseur: 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 |
| Production | Mark Apostolon | Associate Producer |
| Production | James Cady | Associate Producer |
| Sound | David Amram | Sound |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Sound |
| Writing | Chuck Workman | Writers' Production |
| Directing | Chuck Workman | Director |
