Lawrence Ferlinghetti Movies

  • 1978
    The Last Waltz

    The Last Waltz

    The Last Waltz

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    Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from "The Band's" incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured...

    The Last Waltz
  • 1970
    Woodstock

    Woodstock

    Woodstock

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    An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to...

    Woodstock
  • 1999
    The Source

    The Source

    The Source

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    Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in...

    The Source
  • 2009
    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

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    The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti...

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
  • 2001
    Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat

    Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat

    Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat

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    Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat
  • 1965
    Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

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    A short film documenting what was referred to as "The International Poetry Incarnation". It was billed as Great Britain's first full-scale...

    Wholly Communion
  • 1984
    Merton: A Film Biography

    Merton: A Film Biography

    Merton: A Film Biography

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    In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the...

    Merton: A Film Biography
  • 2005
    The War Prayer

    The War Prayer

    The War Prayer

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    "In 1904, disgusted by the aftermath of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War, Mark Twain wrote a short anti-war prose...

    The War Prayer
  • 2005
    The Joy of Life

    The Joy of Life

    The Joy of Life

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    A blending of documentary and experimental narrative strategies, combining stunning 16mm landscape cinematography with a bold, lyrical voice-over to...

    The Joy of Life
  • 2008
    Obscene

    Obscene

    Obscene

    52008HD

    A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch"...

    Obscene
  • 2022
    The Beat Bomb

    The Beat Bomb

    The Beat Bomb

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    The Beat Bomb
  • 1958
    Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses?

    Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses?

    Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses?

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    Documentary about a rubbish dump by Allen Willis, Philip Greene, and David Myers.

    Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses?
  • 1967
    Be-In

    Be-In

    Be-In

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    Captures the spirit and essence of the great San Francisco Human Be-In of January 14, 1967. Ten thousand people imbued with peace, love and euphoria....

    Be-In
  • 2003
    The Last Tears from Planet Earth

    The Last Tears from Planet Earth

    The Last Tears from Planet Earth

    02003HD

    A visionary voyage in a deserted land where the human race is a distant memory. This fusion of live footage, mirror photography and computer...

    The Last Tears from Planet Earth
  • 1997
    On the Road to Desolation

    On the Road to Desolation

    On the Road to Desolation

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    Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956 he spent spent 63 soul-searching days as a...

    On the Road to Desolation
  • 1965
    Goldmouth

    Goldmouth

    Goldmouth

    01965HD

    Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti shows the walk he often took from his house in Portero Hill to his bookstore, City Lights in North Beach. Wine, women and...

    Goldmouth
  • 1968
    A Ferlinghetti Poem

    A Ferlinghetti Poem

    A Ferlinghetti Poem

    01968HD

    Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. An Animation Workshop film that visualizes the beat poet Lawrence...

    A Ferlinghetti Poem