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A Poet on the Lower East Side: A Docu-Diary on Allen Ginsberg

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Original title

Ginsberg - Egy költö a Lower East Side-ról

Year

1997

Running time

90 min.

Country

Hungary

Director

Gyula Gazdag

Cast

Cinematography

Marina Goldovskaya

Producer

Distributor: Bunyik Entertainment

Genre

Documentary | Literature

Synopsis

Two writers from the opposite ends of the world share a meeting of the minds. Hungarian poet and translator István Eörsi journeys to New York City to meet literary legend Allen Ginsberg. Shot just two years before Ginsberg's death, the film follows the pair as they revisit some of the beat poet's old haunts and meet his friends Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso and Jonas Mekas.

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A Poet on the Lower East Side: A Docu-Diary on Allen Ginsberg

1997

Gyula Gazdag