The Beat Generation: An American Dream (1987)
1h 26m
Running Time
September 29, 1987Release Date
The Beat Generation: An American Dream (1987)
1h 26m
Running Time
September 29, 1987Release Date
Plot.
Using original film clips and interviews, this film illustrates the 1950s social movement termed the Beat Generation. Disillusioned with post-World War II America, Beat Generation writers and painters came together because they felt mainstream America was becoming out of touch with humanity and the individual. In their interviews, characters such as Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, and Gregory Corso express their disdain for a society that defines success and happiness in terms of superior technology, cars, and clothing. Those individuals discuss the false conventionality of society and the dangerous world of shock treatments and conformity in which they found themselves. Their goal is to redefine this world to reflect the endless possibilities that characterize America.
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Cast & Crew.

Regina Weinreich
Writer

Janet Forman
Director

Steve Allen
Self - Host

David Amram
Self

Amiri Baraka
Self

William S. Burroughs
Self

Carolyn Cassady
Self

Neal Cassady
Self

Gregory Corso
Self

Robert Creeley
Self

Regina Weinrich
Writer

Tom Houghton
Cinematographer

Peter Odabashian
Editor
Details.
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