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Howl (2010)

Howl (2010)

Drama

The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

Release Date: 2010, August 26
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Countries: United States of America
Production: Rabbit Bandini Productions, Werc Werk Works, Oscilloscope
Cast: Jon Hamm, David Strathairn, James Franco, Jeff Daniels, Bob Balaban, Treat Williams, Alessandro Nivola, Andrew Rogers, Aaron Tveit, Sean Patrick Reilly, Mary-Louise Parker, Jon Prescott

Overview:

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

Keywords:

gay theme 1950s freedom male homosexuality poetry literature psychiatric hospital counter-culture