The Beat Generation 1959-11-11
Beat Compilation #1, various, various
Set 1
Pull My Daisy (11/11/1959)
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Pull My Daisy is a short film that typifies the Beat Generation. Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of a stage play he never finished entitled Beat Generation. Kerouac also provided improvised narration. It starred Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Larry Rivers, Peter Orlovsky, David Amram, Richard Bellamy, Alice Neel, Sally Gross, Delphine Seyrig and Pablo Frank, Robert Frank's then-infant son.
Based on an incident in the life of Neal Cassady and his wife Carolyn, Daisy tells the story of a railway brakeman whose painter wife invites a respectable bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results.
Originally intended to be called "The Beat Generation" the title "Pull My Daisy" was taken from the poem of the same name written by Kerouac, Ginsberg and Neal Cassady over the 40's and 50's. Part of the original poem was was used as a lyric in the jazz composition played when the film opens.
The Beat philosophy emphasized spontaneity, and the film conveyed the quality of having been thrown together or even improvised. Pull My Daisy was accordingly praised for years as an improvisational masterpiece, until Leslie revealed in a November 28, 1968 article in the Village Voice that the film was actually carefully planned, rehearsed, and directed by him and Frank, who shot the film on a professionally lit studio set.
Pull My Daisy has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.Cast (in credits order)
Allen Ginsberg .. Allen (as Alan Ginsberg)
Gregory Corso .. Gregory
Larry Rivers .. Milo
Peter Orlovsky .. Peter
David Amram .. Mezz McGillicuddy
Richard Bellamy .. Bishop
Alice Neel .. Bishop's mother
Sally Gross .. Bishop's sister
Pablo Frank .. Pablo
Jack Kerouac .. Narrator
Delphine Seyrig .. Milo's wife (as Beltiane)
Denise Parker .. Girl in bed (uncredited)
Directed by
Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie.
Original Music by
David Amram
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Film Editing by
Robert Frank
Alfred Leslie
Leon Prochnik
Jack Kerouac on Steve Allen Show - 1959 - reading from On The Road
Wholly Communion (1965)
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Wholly Communion is a short documentary film made in 1965 by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead. It was filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and documents a poetry event held on 11th June 1965 called the International Poetry Incarnation. It features poetry readings by Beat poets from the UK and U.S., including Allen Ginsberg and Adrian Mitchell.
Directed by
Peter Whitehead
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Cast (in alphabetical order)
Gregory Corso
Harry Fainlight
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Allen Ginsberg
Michael Horovitz
Ernst Jandl
Christopher Logue
Adrian Mitchell
Alexander Trocchi
Simon Vinkenoog
Jack Kerouac on Firing Line - 1968 - interview by William F. Buckley
Allen Ginsberg - reading his 'Hum Bom!'
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pull My Daisy is a short film that typifies the Beat Generation. Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of a stage play he never finished entitled Beat Generation. Kerouac also provided improvised narration. It starred Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Larry Rivers, Peter Orlovsky, David Amram, Richard Bellamy, Alice Neel, Sally Gross, Delphine Seyrig and Pablo Frank, Robert Frank's then-infant son.
Based on an incident in the life of Neal Cassady and his wife Carolyn, Daisy tells the story of a railway brakeman whose painter wife invites a respectable bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results.
Originally intended to be called "The Beat Generation" the title "Pull My Daisy" was taken from the poem of the same name written by Kerouac, Ginsberg and Neal Cassady over the 40's and 50's. Part of the original poem was was used as a lyric in the jazz composition played when the film opens.
The Beat philosophy emphasized spontaneity, and the film conveyed the quality of having been thrown together or even improvised. Pull My Daisy was accordingly praised for years as an improvisational masterpiece, until Leslie revealed in a November 28, 1968 article in the Village Voice that the film was actually carefully planned, rehearsed, and directed by him and Frank, who shot the film on a professionally lit studio set.
Pull My Daisy has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.Cast (in credits order)
Allen Ginsberg .. Allen (as Alan Ginsberg)
Gregory Corso .. Gregory
Larry Rivers .. Milo
Peter Orlovsky .. Peter
David Amram .. Mezz McGillicuddy
Richard Bellamy .. Bishop
Alice Neel .. Bishop's mother
Sally Gross .. Bishop's sister
Pablo Frank .. Pablo
Jack Kerouac .. Narrator
Delphine Seyrig .. Milo's wife (as Beltiane)
Denise Parker .. Girl in bed (uncredited)
Directed by
Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie.
Original Music by
David Amram
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Film Editing by
Robert Frank
Alfred Leslie
Leon Prochnik
Jack Kerouac on Steve Allen Show - 1959 - reading from On The Road
Wholly Communion (1965)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wholly Communion is a short documentary film made in 1965 by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead. It was filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and documents a poetry event held on 11th June 1965 called the International Poetry Incarnation. It features poetry readings by Beat poets from the UK and U.S., including Allen Ginsberg and Adrian Mitchell.
Directed by
Peter Whitehead
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Cast (in alphabetical order)
Gregory Corso
Harry Fainlight
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Allen Ginsberg
Michael Horovitz
Ernst Jandl
Christopher Logue
Adrian Mitchell
Alexander Trocchi
Simon Vinkenoog
Jack Kerouac on Firing Line - 1968 - interview by William F. Buckley
Allen Ginsberg - reading his 'Hum Bom!'
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