Featuring: Joyce Johnson, David Amram, John Tyrell, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sterling Lord, Diamond Dave Whitaker, Jack Hirshman, Bill Morgan, Robert Hunter, Jay Farrar, Brenda Knight, Tom Waits, John Ventimiglia, Patti Smith, Donal Logue, Dar Williams, Dana Goodbe, Eric Bauersfeld, Lenny Kaye, Aram Saroyam, Carolyn Cassady, Michael McClure, Sam Shepard, Amber Tamblyn, Paul Marion, S.E. Hinton, Herbert Gold, Benjamin Gibbard, Sage Francis, Jami Cassady Ratto and John Allen Cassady. Accompanying CD: One fast move or I'm gone : music from Kerouac's Big Sur / Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard
Contents:
Songs from accompanying CD: California Zephyr -- Low life kingdom -- Willamine -- All in one -- Breathe our iodine -- These roads don't move -- Big Sur -- One fast move or I'm gone -- Final horrors -- Sea engines -- The void -- San Francisco.
Summary:
Jack Kerouac was a literary rock star, lionized by his fans. He was called the avatar of the Beat Movement, a new voice of his generation. But along with sudden fame and media hype came his unraveling. The film takes us back to the cabin he retreated to in the Big Sur woods, the Beat haunts of San Francisco and New York City for an unflinching look at the compeling events his book is based on. The story unfolds through Kerouac's prose, first hand recollections from Kerouac's contemporaries, as well as writers, poets, actors and musicians who have been deeply influenced by Kerouac's unique gifts. The visual imagery is set to original music composed and performed by recording artists Jay Farrrar of Son Volt and Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.