It's bay area in 1957, and an American masterpiece is placed on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment with three Fragrant threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to locate his authentic voice as a artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), along with mind expanding cartoon that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All 3 coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid vehicle that closely captures a critical moment-the arrival of a counter culture.
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It's bay area in 1957, and an American masterpiece is placed on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment with three Fragrant threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to locate his authentic voice as a artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), along with mind expanding cartoon that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All 3 coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid vehicle that closely captures a critical moment-the arrival of a counter culture.
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