Allen Ginsberg — Actor (49)
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Couch (1964)
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Andy Warhol actor: Bingingham Birdie / Rufus Collins …
The couch at Andy Warhol's Factory was as famous in its own right as any of his Superstars. In Couch, visitors to the Factory were invited to "perform" on camera, seated on the old couch. Their many acts-both lascivious and mundane-are documented in a film that has come to be regarded as one of the most notorious of Warhol's early works. Across the course of the film we encounter such figures as poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso, the writer Jack Kerouac, and perennial New York figure Taylor Mead.
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Good Morning, Mr. Orwell (1984)
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Nam June Paik / Emile Ardolino actor: George Plimpton / Claude Villers …
In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother. Right at the start of the much-anticipated Orwellian year, Paik and Co. were keen to demonstrate satellite TV's ability to serve positive ends-- Namely, the intercontinental exchange of culture, combining both highbrow and entertainment elements. A live broadcast shared between WNET TV in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, linked up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea, reached a worldwide audience of over 10 or even 25 million (including the later repeat transmissions).
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Johnny Minotaur (1971)
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Charles Henri Ford actor: Yiannis Koutsis / Nikos Koulizakis …
Johnny Minotaur is a lyrical explosion of taboos: incest, intergenerational desire, pansexuality and autoeroticism are a few of the issues Charles Henri Ford grapples with through mythopoeic, sensual imagery, recitations of his diaries and a philosophical debate featuring an impressive narration by such artists as Salvador Dali, Allen Ginsberg, Warren Sonbert and Lynne Tillman.
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Silence = Death (1990)
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Rosa von Praunheim actor: Bern Boyle / Emilio Cubeiro …
other title: Die Aids-Trilogie: Schweigen = Tod - Künstler in New York kämpfen gegen AIDS / Schweigen = Tod
1990 film by Rosa von Praunheim
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Wholly Communion (1965)
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Peter Whitehead actor: Gregory Corso / Harry Fainlight …
A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale "happening", with the world's leading Beat poets together under one roof at the Royal Albert Hall on June 11, 1965, for an evening of near-hallucinatory revelry. It came to be seen as one of the cultural high points of the Swinging Sixties.
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The Cockettes (2002)
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Bill Weber / David Weissman actor: Larry Brinkin / Dusty Dawn …
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
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Chappaqua (1966)
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Conrad Rooks actor: Jean-Louis Barrault / Conrad Rooks …
Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.
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Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)
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Gus Van Sant actor: Allen Ginsberg
A close-up of Allen Ginsberg reciting his “skeletons” poem is bluescreened and dissolved against archival film and video clips, and backed by musicians to create a sort of song that becomes an American anthem.
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Hare Krishna (1967)
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Jonas Mekas actor: Srila Prabhupada / Barbara Rubin …
Jonas Mekas captures an afternoon in New York as a Hare Krishna group fills the streets with chanting and song. Filmed with his characteristic freewheeling style and later incorporated into Walden, the short stands as an impressionistic sketch of spiritual fervor and Mekas’s participatory approach to cinema.
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Burroughs: The Movie (1984)
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Howard Brookner actor: William S. Burroughs / Mortimer Burroughs …
An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr.
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Yippie (1968)
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Allen Ginsberg / Abbie Hoffman actor: Allen Ginsberg / Abbie Hoffman …
The Youth International Party, whose members were commonly called Yippies, was a radically youth-oriented and countercultural revolutionary group opposed to war and the status quo of American culture. Known for using theatrics and humor to advocate social change, several Yippies were notably on trial as the Chicago 7. Primarily consisting of footage from the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago which sparked massive demonstrations that were met by violence and hysteria caused by the police. This film also includes found newsreel footage as well as Pigasus - the pig the Yippies advanced as a candidate for President of the United States.
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Be-In (1967)
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Jerry Abrams actor: Allen Ginsberg / Lawrence Ferlinghetti …
Captures the spirit and essence of the great San Francisco Human Be-In of January 14, 1967. Ten thousand people imbued with peace, love and euphoria. Set to hard rock such as only San Francisco blues can produce. BE-IN contains Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Timothy Leary, Michael McClure, Lenore Kandel and Buddha. Music by Blue Cheer.
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Ciao! Manhattan (1973)
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David Weisman / John Palmer actor: Edie Sedgwick / Wesley Hayes …
other title: Addio! Manhattan
Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York celebrity on a drug-fueled downward slide that mirrors Edie Sedgwick’s own self-destructive spiral.
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Herostratus (1967)
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Don Levy actor: Michael Gothard / Gabriella Licudi …
When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.
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Global Groove (1973)
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John Godfrey / Nam June Paik actor: John Cage / Russell Connor …
Global Groove was a collaborative piece by Nam June Paik and John Godfrey. Paik, amongst other artists who shared the same vision in the 1960s, saw the potential in the television beyond it being a one-sided medium to present programs and commercials. Instead, he saw it more as a place to facilitate a free flow of information exchange. He wanted to strip away the limitations from copyright system and network restrictions and bring in a new TV culture where information could be accessed inexpensively and conveniently. The full length of the piece ran 28 minutes and was first broadcasted in January 30, 1974 on WNET.
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Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint (1982)
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Nam June Paik / Shigeko Kubota actor: Allen Ginsberg / Allan Kaprow …
The influence of Jewish fathers on their sons and the complexity of familial relationships are explored in a witty, poignant portrait of two artists. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg (whose father Louis was a poet in his own right) and performance artist/sculptor Allan Kaprow (whose father is a high-powered lawyer) are the sons who struggle with and against the influences of these patriarchal figures.
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Before Stonewall (1984)
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Greta Schiller / Robert Rosenberg actor: Rita Mae Brown / Red Jordan Arobateau …
other title: Før Stonewall
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
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Dont Look Back (1967)
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D. A. Pennebaker actor: Bob Dylan / Albert Grossman …
other title: Don't Look Back / Se dig ikke tilbage - Bob Dylan
In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
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We Can't Go Home Again (1973)
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Nicholas Ray actor: Nicholas Ray / Richard Bock …
other title: Non possiamo tornare a casa / Nunca volveremos a casa …
Nicholas Ray plays himself, acting as mentor, friend, and artistic inspiration to his students at Binghamton. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.