Howl (2010)
- Directed by
- Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- Genre
- drama film, trial film, biographical film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 198 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film dramatizes two key moments in the life of poet Allen Ginsberg: his first public reading of his poem Howl in 1955 and the 1957 obscenity trial that resulted from its publication.
poeticreflectivethoughtfullyricalintrospectiveretrospectivequietly intenseatmospheric
What happens
Howl is a 2010 American film which explores both the 1955 Six Gallery debut and the 1957 obscenity trial of 20th-century American poet Allen Ginsberg's noted poem "Howl". The film is written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and stars James Franco as Ginsberg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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