The Source 1999

The Source

HD 5.192 88 minutes
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 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness, their travels, frequent parodies, Kerouac's death, and Ginsberg's politicization. Their movement connects with bebop, John Cage's music, abstract expressionism, and living theater. In recent interviews, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders, and others measure the Beats' meaning and impact.

Movie Similars

Movie Recommendations

HD

Belarmino

1964 Movie
HD

Old Man Junior

2024 Movie
HD

Flow

2012 Movie
HD

Afraid

2024 Movie
HD

Fantomas Unleashed

1965 Movie
HD

Pain

Movie
HD

Wanted Man

2024 Movie
HD

Lion

2017 Movie
HD

The Astronaut Lovers

2024 Movie
HD

3 Avengers

1964 Movie
HD

Abyss

2025 Movie
HD

Return with Honor

2006 Movie
HD

That Christmas

2024 Movie