Howl is an
amazing movie. It will change your mind
about Allen Ginsberg’s poem, the way a movie can handle poetry and James
Franco.
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| Aaron Tevit (no has no lines) as Allen Ginsberg's boyfriend. |
I say Mr.
France because you forget that he is a very very good actor. This movie will remind you of it. It is full attention movie and operates on a
ton of levels. There is an introduction
of Allen Ginsberg to the beat scene. It
is interspersed with his trial on obscenity charges. And through it all runs the poem Howl,
illustrated with bits and pieces of character development, animation and
dreams.
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And it sounds stupid / hippish. It is neither. It is movie as emotion more than anything
else. Not anger, not love, not hope but
a visceral emotional opening that brings out feelings of joy of being part of
humanity. You don’t have to agree or
disagree with his ideas – Howl is more primal than actual. It works on a level I can’t really describe,
but the movie – if you let it – makes you feel glad to be alive.  |
| Howl |