Howl (2010)
Directed by Rob Epstein
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.
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In their new drama-doc, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman – the gay-rights-crusading filmmakers who made The Celluloid Closet and The Times of Harvey Milk – plonk their hero in a room, or two alternating rooms, and gift him with the gab.
In their new drama-doc, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman – the gay-rights-crusading filmmakers who made The Celluloid Closet and The Times of Harvey Milk – plonk their hero in a room, or two alternating rooms, and gift him with the gab.
Still, like the rest of the film, they are beautifully photographed by veteran cinematographer Edward Lachman (" I'm Not There ," "Erin Brockovich").
The second installment, The Girl Who Played With Fire, stripped much of the Lisbeth-ness from Lisbeth, including her goth look, pissy attitude, and hacker skills.