Howl2010
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
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.
Top-billed cast
16
Media
21
The result is more fancy than funky, but the directors' aim is true and occasionally hits its mark.
Powerfully acted and visually appealing.James Franco is spot on as Allen **** interesting way to convey the poem and the man.Howl feels like a documentary and has the soul of a very personal project.
Epstein and Friedman's doc-like approach also results in a certain dramatic stasis; Howl is a film aimed more for the head than the gut.
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